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  Name Desert Orangetip
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Arthropod a
  Classis Insect a
  Ordo Lepidoptera
  Familia Pieridae
  Subfamilia Pierinae
  Tribus Anthocharini
  Genus '' Anthocharis ''
  Species '''''A cethura'''''
  Subspecies '''''A c cethura'''''
  Trinomial ''Anthocharis cethura cethura''
  Trinomial Authority C & R Felder, 1865


The Desert Orangetip, ''Anthocharis cethura cethura'', is a Butterfly of the Pierinae Subfamily . Its range is the American west in desert areas on rocky hills and ridges. Its Caterpillar s mostly eat plants of the mustard family.