Orange-Tip Butterfly(Anthocharis cardamines)
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Taken while walking round Thruscross Reservoir. North Yorkshire
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Anthocharis cardamines, the orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, which contains 1100 species of butterfly. 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. Wikipedia
Orange-Tip Butterfly(Anthocharis cardamines)
2150
Taken while walking round Thruscross Reservoir. North Yorkshire
Zoom in for better view
Anthocharis cardamines, the orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, which contains 1100 species of butterfly. 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. Wikipedia