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Anthocharis cardamines, the orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, which contains about 1,100 species. A. cardamines is mainly found throughout Europe and temperate Asia ( Palearctic ) [ 3 ] The males feature wings with a signature orange pigmentation, which is the origin of A. cardamines ' common name.
The tribe Anthocharini is one of the subdivisions of the insect order Lepidoptera, which includes the moths and butterflies.It is a further subdivision of the butterfly family Pieridae and subfamily Pierinae; formerly it was considered a subfamily on its own, Anthocharinae.
The tip colors are usually a red-orange hue, hence the name "orange tip". The larvae of these butterfly often consume cruciferous plants containing chemicals called glucosinolates . This genus is characterized by two of the five subcostal veins branching off before the apex of the cell, by the upper radial being only little united with the ...
Orange tip or orangetip refers to: Anthocharini, a tribe of butterflies. Anthocharis, a specific genus in the tribe Anthocharini. Anthocharis cardamines, a single species in the genus Anthocharis, commonly found in Europe and temperate Asia. Colotis, a genus of butterflies in the tribe Colotini endemic to Africa and India.
Orange tip, Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus 1758) Eastern orange tip, Anthocharis damone Boisduval, 1836; Provence orange tip, Anthocharis euphenoides Staudinger, 1869; Grüner's orange tip, Anthocharis gruneri (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Black-veined white, Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758) Small orange tip, Colotis evagore (Klug, 1829)
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Orange tip, Anthocharis cardamines (fairly common resident) Clouded yellow, Colias croceus (irregular migrant - an immigration occurring in 1947 [4] 107 records of NBN Atlas Isle of Man as of May 2022 [5]) Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni (very rare migrant)