Summary ³

Anthocharis cardamines, the orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.
On the wing in April and May. Males have distinctive orange wing tips, females are white with grey/black wing tip markings. Both sexes have mottled underwings. Caterpillars feed on Lady Smock or Garlic Mustard .
Common at several sites in and around Buxton and may be seen in gardens.

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1. (c) Martin Grimm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Martin Grimm
2. (c) Rowan Wakefield, all rights reserved, uploaded by Rowan Wakefield
3. Adapted by Rowan Wakefield from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthocharis_cardamines

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