Insects · La Saladita, Guerrero

Yellow Angled-Sulphur

Anteos maerula

Spanish: Azufre gigante

Yellow Angled-Sulphur (Anteos maerula)
Photographed by adrian_mora on iNaturalist

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.

TaxonomyInsecta › Lepidoptera › Pieridae
Local records20 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records2,810 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2023 – 2026
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Yellow Angled-Sulphur (Anteos maerula) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/anteos-maerula/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.