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Anteos menippe

Anteos menippe

Hübner,1818

Family: Pieridae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Anteos menippe, the great orange tip or orange-tipped angled-sulphur, is a neotropical butterfly of the family Pieridae.

Distribution and habitat: This species is present from Mexico to South America. These butterflies can be found in Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Panama. They prefer lowland areas and riverbanks.

 Anteos menippe can reach a wingspan of . In these fairly large butterflies the upperside of the males is pale yellow with pale orange (sometimes pink orange) large markings on the pointed forewing tips (as the common name suggests), with two dark brown spots and a dark brown border. Both sexes have a cryptic pale yellow to pale green leaf-like underside, with a pink disc dot on the front and rear wings. The females have two forms, one similar to the male and the other white, with black markings on the forewing edges. The underwings have several odd shaped orange markings.

Biology: Caterpillars of Anteos menippe feed on plants of the Brassicaceae and Fabaceae (Cassia). Adults feed on the nectar of Cassia species. They are migrant along rivers.

Source: Wikipedia, article Anteos menippe. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 499012
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Manu Road
Cuzco
Peru
04/14/2022
Marcos Augusto Lartigau



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
160554114/04/2022PeruCuzcoManu RoadMarcos Augusto Lartigau
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Anteos menippe – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 22/09/2026.