Falcate Orangetip
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Falcate Orangetip | regnum = Animalia | divisio = Rhopalocera | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Lepidoptera | familia = Pieridae | subfamilia = Pierinae | tribus = Anthocharini | genus = Anthocharis | species = A. midea | binomial = Anthocharis midea | binomial_authority = (Hübner, 1809) }}
The Falcate Orangetip (Anthocharis midea) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. The caterpillars feed on brassicaceae species such as Rock Cress and Winter Cress. Their range is mainly the south Atlantic coast and southeastern USA.