Orange Tip
Anthocharis cardamines
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Orange TipAnthocharis cardamines |
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| Male, 8 June 1980 | Female, 21 May 1977 |
Habitat
The Orange Tip is commonest in open woodland, meadows and
hedgerows where its main foodplants may be found:
Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis) and Garlic Mustard
(Alliaria petiolata).
Egg on stem of Cuckoo Flower |
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Conservation Issues
Loss of hedgerows could reduce its habitat, but the Orange Tip
is common and under no apparent threat at present.
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Flight PeriodThe main flight period is from early April to early June. Rarely, it has also been seen late in the summer, either through very delayed emergence or a second generation.
DistributionThroughout the area.
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