Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 939363

Pacific Orangetip
Anthocharis sara

Observation date: April 02, 2012
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Hot sunny spring day, butterflies were very active. also very skid dish we sat for a little lunch next to some flowers. a sara orange tip landed. so i got out camera. and approached slowly and it flew away put camera away kept eating and of course it came back. did not pick up camera for quite a while. they don't stay at a flower very long. this one did so i started shooting and took a while to figure out why it was staying so still. Crab spider got it. saw sonoran blues also and got shots of them when it cooled down they did not fly far.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: November 07, 2013
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Orange County