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Anthocharis cardamines - Orange Tip Butterfly

Macclesfield Canal - Scholar Green, Cheshire, UK

 

he 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 The males feature wings with a signature orange pigmentation, which is the origin of A. cardamines' common name.

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Uploaded on May 17, 2022
Taken on April 29, 2022