California Anthocharis Question

[wanda]

Quoting from Butterflies of So. Calif. by Emmel & Emmel, "The early
spring brood of typical A. sara sara, named form "reakirtii" by Edwards,
flies from February to early April and is a small orange-tip with heavy
green mottling on the ventral surface."   Hope the reference to Edwards
helps....
                                                        Wanda Dameron
                                                        Los Angeles
 
"Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX" wrote:
>
> I am interested in the frequently stated taxonomic treatment of 'reakirti'
> as the first brood form of 'sara'.  I would welcome direct dialogue with
> anyone who has evidence to support this treatment - has anyone ever reared
> reakirti and watched it turn into sara ??? I have asked this question of
> some knowledgeable butterfly people and so far there seems to be no
> evidence.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Norbert Kondla  P.Biol., RPBio.
> Forest Ecosystem Specialist, Ministry of Environment
> 845 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, British Columbia V1N 1H3
> Phone 250-365-8610
> Mailto:Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca
> http://www.env.gov.bc.ca