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Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)
Orange-tip
Lepidoptera: butterflies: Pieridae

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Taxonomic group: butterflies (Lepidoptera: butterflies) - County data

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Records: 14330

First Record: 1980

Latest Record: 2023

1992-on hectads: 59

Pre-1992 hectads: 46

Total hectads: 59

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10mm larva on Hoary Cress

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Orange Tip (female and ovum)

Anthocharis cardamines (Orange-tip)

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This species is steadily increasing in abundance. Its primary larval foodplants are cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis) and Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), but others are used, including Hoary Cress (Lepidium draba) on sea walls. There is one brood each year in the spring and most of its life-cycle is spent in the pupal state (10 months). Only the males display the conspicuous orange wing tips and once warmed, will search tirelessly for females, which are much more sedentary. References

Species text last edited on Tue Mar 20th 2012 by user 745