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ORANGE TIP BUTTERFLYAnthocharis cardamines by stefady78 The Orange Tip is a Butterfly in the Pieridae family. So named because of the male’s bright orange tips to his forewings [it’s been cropped out in the photo above]. The males are a common sight in spring flying along hedgerows and damp meadows in search of the more reclusive female which lacks the orange and is often mistaken for one of the other ‘White’ butterflies. The undersides are mottled green and white and create a superb camouflage when settled on flowerheads such as Cow Parsley and Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata. The male is able to hide his orange tips by tucking the forwings behind the hindwings at rest. If you look closely at the wing mottling you will see that the green colour is in fact made up of a mixture of black and yellow scales. It is found across Europe, and eastwards into temperate Asia as far as Japan. The past 30 years has seen a rapid increase in the range of the Orange Tip in the UK particularly in Scotland and Ireland, probably in response to climate change. Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Tip Other photos that you may like: Madagascan Sunset Moth - Close-up of Sunset Moth Scales Rice Paper Butterfly Moth Wing Scales

ORANGE TIP BUTTERFLY
Anthocharis cardamines 
by stefady78

The Orange Tip is a Butterfly in the Pieridae family.

So named because of the male’s bright orange tips to his forewings [it’s been cropped out in the photo above]. The males are a common sight in spring flying along hedgerows and damp meadows in search of the more reclusive female which lacks the orange and is often mistaken for one of the other ‘White’ butterflies. The undersides are mottled green and white and create a superb camouflage when settled on flowerheads such as Cow Parsley and Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata. The male is able to hide his orange tips by tucking the forwings behind the hindwings at rest.

If you look closely at the wing mottling you will see that the green colour is in fact made up of a mixture of black and yellow scales.

It is found across Europe, and eastwards into temperate Asia as far as Japan. The past 30 years has seen a rapid increase in the range of the Orange Tip in the UK particularly in Scotland and Ireland, probably in response to climate change.

Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Tip

Other photos that you may like:

Madagascan Sunset Moth - Close-up of Sunset Moth Scales

Rice Paper Butterfly

Moth Wing Scales

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