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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.
These are typically small, white-hued butterflies that have colorful marks just inside the tips of the forewings. 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 ...
Colotis evenina, the common orange tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. ... Images representing Colotis evenina at BOLD This page was last edited ...
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]
Colotis, called orange tips or Arabs, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae found mainly in Africa and south-western Asia. [1] The larvae of all Colotis species specialize on plants in the family Capparaceae .
Colotis aurora, the sulphur orange tip or plain orange-tip, [1] [2] is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.It is found in Asia and Africa. The nominate subspecies, Colotis aurora aurora is found in India and Sri Lanka.
Hebomoia glaucippe, the great orange-tip, [2] [1] is a butterfly belonging to the family Pieridae, that is the yellows and whites. It is found in the Indomalayan realm and Wallacea . [ 2 ] [ 1 ]
Colotis evagore, the desert orange tip, small orange tip, or tiny orange tip, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the dry parts of tropical Africa, northern Africa, southern Spain and southwest Arabia. [2] The wingspan is 28–35 mm in males and 28–38 mm in females. The adults fly from February to August depending on the ...