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Pieridae 77a0445 – 4206.2   Anthocharis thoosa (Scudder, 1878)

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Distribution: NV, ID, UT, CA, AZ, NM, CO, TX but see map for ranges for each state in Insecta Mundi, 0615:5 Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: thoosa (Scudder, 1878) (Synchloe) ssp. a. inghami Gunder, 1932 (Anthocharis)  duncani Gunder, 1932 (Anthocharis) (synonym of ssp. inghami) ssp. b. thoosa (Scudder, 1878) (Synchloe) ssp. c. coriande Fisher & Scott, 2008 (Anthocharis) ssp. d. colorado Scott & Fisher, 2008 (Anthocharis) Taxonomic Notes: Anthocharis thoosa (Scudder, 1878) is raised from synonymy with Anthocharis sara Lucas, 1852 to full species status and includes as subspecies A. t. inghami, A. t. colorado and A. t. coriande in Stout (2018), Insecta Mundi, 0615: 1-38.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Stout, T.L., 2018. A review of three species-level taxa of the Anthocharis sara complex (Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pierinae: Anthocharidini). Insecta Mundi, 0615: 1-38.

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