Sara Orangetip vs Yellow Glassy Tiger

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Sara Orangetip Yellow Glassy Tiger
Scientific Name Anthocharis sara Parantica aspasia
Order Lepidoptera Lepidoptera
Family Pieridae Nymphalidae
Size 30-40 mm wingspan 70-85 mm wingspan
Habitat Mountains Forests
Diet Nectar Feeders Nectar Feeders
Regions Western North America Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Borneo, Sulawesi)
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Sara Orangetip

Small white butterfly with vivid orange forewing tips and mottled greenish hindwing undersides. Flies early in spring in western North America.

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Did You Know?

Adults have a single short flight period in spring and are not seen for the rest of the year.

Yellow Glassy Tiger

A delicate danainae butterfly with semi-transparent wings marked with black veins and margins and pale yellowish cells. It flies slowly and gracefully through the forest understory.

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Did You Know?

Males possess specialized hair-pencils on the abdomen that release pheromones during courtship to attract females.