Anteos maerula, the angled sulphur or yellow angled-sulphur, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from Peru to Mexico. Rarely, migrants can be found up to eastern Nebraska, south-eastern Arizona, south-western New Mexico, southern Texas, Mississippi and Florida.Butterflies and Moths of North America collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera The wingspan is 82–117 mm. The upperside of the males is bright yellow, while females are paler. Both sexes have a black spot in the forewing cell. Adults feed on the nectar from red and purple flowers, including Hibiscus and Bougainvilla species. The larvae feed on Cassia species, including Cassia emarginata.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Anteos maerula has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens28
BINs1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections27
Countries7
The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen
COI-5P658 bp consensus25 specimens
ACGT
▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies
Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 99% of positions are identical in every specimen.
Where individuals differ — all 9 variable positions, in barcode order
Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.
Diversity (π)0.46%
Haplotypes3
BIN1
Most divergent pair0.30%
N.America
Closest relatives by DNA barcode
The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★COI-5P
animal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type6 154 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 952
Museum / vouchered4 068
Other134
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO7 608 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 811≤1 km 339≤10 km 240>10 km 103
1 493 georeferenced · 459 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 952
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy85% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 173≤1 km 66≤10 km 158>10 km 54
1 451 georeferenced · 2 617 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4 068
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions26 of 53 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Ciudad de México, MX
1 201
Tapachula, MX
860
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
555
Ciudad de México, MX
290
FLMNH-UFlocation not on record
250
Mexico City, MX
127
Ciudad de México, MX
63
Ciudad de México, MX
61
San Diego, US
52
New Haven, US
40
Los Angeles, US
40
39
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
36
Cambridge, US
33
Washington, US
21
Essig Museum of Entomologylocation not on record
20
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
20
San Francisco, US
17
The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobagolocation not on record
16
Colorado State Universitylocation not on record
10
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
10
Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record
8
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
8
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record
7
Zürich, CH
7
MX
7
MZLUlocation not on record
6
Mayagüez, PR
6
Oficina de Estudios Especialeslocation not on record
5
San Luis Potosí, MX
4
Departamento de Madera, Celulosa y Papel, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exactas e Ingenierías, Universidad de Guadalajaralocation not on record
4
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
4
Universidad del Valle de Guatemalalocation not on record
3
Georgia Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
3
St. Paul, US
3
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record
3
Brussels, BE
3
Caja de Compensación Familiar - Comfenalco Antioquialocation not on record
3
Instituto de Fitosanidad, Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillolocation not on record
3
Cornell University Insect Collectionlocation not on record
2
Auckland, NZ
2
Chicago, US
2
El Colegio de la Frontera Surlocation not on record
2
Universidad de Sucre (UniSucre)location not on record
1
Champaign, US
1
Helsinki, FI
1
Toronto, CA
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Centro Nacional de Investigación Disciplinaria en Conservación y Mejoramiento de Ecosistemas Forestales, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuariaslocation not on record
1
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Saint John, CA
1
Jardín Botánico Del Quindío (JBQ)location not on record
1
53 institutions · 3 866 of 4 068 vouchered records shown · 202 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA27 detections
Where the DNA of Anteos maerula was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found27
Studies independent surveys1
Countries5
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 27 detections have coordinates
Open the map5 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median25.8 °C 23.0–28.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter5.20 °C
Max temp (day)29.5 °C 27.2–33.1
Min temp (night)22.8 °C 19.4–25.1
Precipitation166 mm/mo 62.2–273
Air humidity65.1 % 58.8–70.3
Moisture balance39.3 mm/mo -85.0–229
Vapour deficit1,215 Pa 908–1,491
Wind speed2.00 m/s 1.30–3.90
Cloud cover29.0 % 25.9–44.1
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 25 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI27 eDNA detections↗
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