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Anthocharis lanceolata

Anthocharis lanceolata, the gray marble, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. Its range is the west coast of United States and Canada.

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Anthocharis lanceolata
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Anthocharis
Species:
A. lanceolata
Binomial name
Anthocharis lanceolata
(H. Lucas, 1852)

Anthocharis lanceolata, the gray marble, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1852. Its range is the west coast of United States and Canada.23

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  1. "Anthocharis lanceolata". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  2. Savela, Markku (February 24, 2019). "Anthocharis lanceolata Lucas, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Anthocharis lanceolata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved July 21, 2020. Note: This source gives Boisduval as the authority, but Savela gives that as a subspecies of Anthocharis lanceolata.