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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Anthocharis |
| Species: | A. scolymus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthocharis scolymus (Butler, 1866)
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Anthocharis scolymus, the yellow tip, is a butterfly in the subfamily Pierinae whose range is Eastern Asia (East China, Korea, Ussuri) where it is commonplace; occasionally it is found in Japan.
The apex of the forewing is produced and falcate (sickle-shaped); white above and below, with dark apical marking and black median spot on the forewing above, and a black spot at the apex of the hindwing; the male moreover, has a moderately large orange spot in the apical area of the forewing, occurring occasionally also in the female (= ab. virgo form. nov. The butterfly appears in one brood and is common in swampy places. The larva feeds on cress 1 (Draba, Descurainia sophia, Arabis hirsuta, Cardamine impatiens, and Rorippa).
References
References
- Julius Röber Pieridae, pp. 39-74, 374, pls. 17-27. In: Seitz, A. (ed.), 1909 Die Groß-Schmetterlinge der Erde. 1. Band. Die palaearctischen Tagfalter. – Stuttgart, Fritz Lehmann.