Sara Orangetip - Anthocharis sara sara
Female Sara Orangetip on the West Fork Trail, San Gabriels. May 6, 2006.
Sara Orangetip - Anthocharis sara sara
A spring-brood female Anthocharis sara sara, also along the West Fork Trail, March 16, 2006.
Sara Orangetip - Anthocharis sara sara

This female Sara Orangetip is from the second brood, which emerges in May and June. These are a bit larger and the underside marbling is lighter than the spring brood (compare to the early female above). Holy Jim Canyon, Santa Ana Mtns. in Orange County, May 17, 2009.

Sara Orangetip - Anthocharis sara sara
Male sara, Malibu Creek, February 25, 2006.
Sara Orangetip - Anthocharis sara sara
Ventral of a Sara Orangetip on Fiddleneck. Malibu Creek, February 25, 2006.
Sara Orangetip - Anthocharis sara sara
A nice yellow form female Sara Orangetip on the Big Laguna Trial, Laguna Mountains, April 17, 2008.
Sara Orangetip - Anthocharis sara sara
Same yellow Sara Orangetip as above. Note that she is ovipositing.