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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 [3] The males feature wings with a signature orange pigmentation, which is the origin of A. cardamines' common name.
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 ...
Greenish black-tip (Euchloe charlonia) Grüner's orange tip (Anthocharis gruneri), and several subspecies; Mexican orangetip (Anthocharis limonea) Morocco orange tip (Anthocharis belia) Olympia marble (Euchloe olympia) Orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines), and many subspecies, including A. c. phoenissa
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)
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.
Anthocharis midea, the falcate orangetip, is a North American butterfly that was described in 1809 by Jacob Hübner. It belongs to the family Pieridae, which is the white and sulphurs. These butterflies are mostly seen in the eastern United States, and in Texas and Oklahoma. They eat the nectar of violets and mustards.
Anthocharis cardamines phoenissa is a subspecies of orange tip butterfly found mostly in the Middle East. "Of local forms we have to mention phoenissa Kalrhh.. from Syria, like ab. turritis , but purer white beneath."
The adult female orange-tip has orange tips at the ends of its wings while the male has ultraviolet reflective tips that appear orange to human eyes but appear "bee purple" to the butterfly. Females lay creamy white eggs that turn orange-red a few hours after they are laid. [ 6 ]