Julia orangetip
Anthocharis julia
The Julia orangetip is a butterfly from the southern Rocky Mountains in North America. Orangetips get their name from the bright orange patches at the tips of their front wings.
Lives in
The southern Rocky Mountains of North America, in canyons and oak woods
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Butterflies cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Grown-ups drink nectar from thistles and other flowers. Its caterpillars eat rock cress.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Julia orangetip about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its caterpillars eat rock cress, a small plant from the mustard family.
2
Grown-ups visit thistles, fiddleneck and brodiaea flowers for nectar.
3
It likes canyons, streams and dry stream beds in oak woodland on the eastern side of the mountains.
you asked
Most asked questions about Julia orangetip
?Where does the Julia orangetip live?
In the southern Rocky Mountains of North America, on the eastern side.
?What does the Julia orangetip eat?
The butterfly drinks flower nectar, and its caterpillars eat rock cress.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Anthocharis julia
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Pieridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pieridae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Southern Rocky Mountain orangetip
Where the facts come from
- Anthocharis julia (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by iNaturalist user: paloma. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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