Summary ³

Anthocharis cardamines, the orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.
On the wing in April and May. Males have distinctive orange wing tips, females are white with grey/black wing tip markings. Both sexes have mottled underwings. Caterpillars feed on Lady Smock or Garlic Mustard .
Common at several sites in and around Buxton and may be seen in gardens.

Fontes e Créditos

1. (c) Martin Grimm, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Martin Grimm
2. (c) Rowan Wakefield, todos os direitos reservados, uploaded by Rowan Wakefield
3. Adaptado por Rowan Wakefield de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthocharis_cardamines

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