Orange Tip - Aurore (mâle) by GiMi53

Photography • Insects • posted on Apr 19, 2012

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Description

The Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. So named because of the male's bright orange tips to his forewings. The males are a common sight in spring flying along hedgerows and damp meadows (I captured this one in Torgny – South Belgium on April 1st, 2012) in search of the more reclusive female (see my next upload) which lacks the orange and is often mistaken for one of the other 'White' butterflies. The undersides are mottled green and white and create a superb camouflage when settled on flowerheads. L’Aurore (Anthocharis cardamines) est un insecte lépidoptère de la famille des Pieridae. Ce piéridé présente un dimorphisme sexuel très marqué: l'apex des ailes antérieures du mâle est orange bordé d'une petite bande noire alors que la femelle (voir ma photo suivante) est blanche avec cette même bande à l'apex. Le revers des ailes postérieures est marqué de vert. L'Aurore se retrouve dans tous les milieux fleuris, prairies, lisières de bois, talus herbeux, bernes des routes jusqu'à 1800 mètres d'altitude. L'Aurore se nomme Aurorafalter en allemand, oranjetipje en néerlandais, mariposa aurora ou mariposa musgosa en espagnol et Zorzynek rzeżuchowiec en polonais. Thank you for your comments on my previous upload :

"Bombus pascuorum"

Comments (15)

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Juliette.Gribnau

1:40PM | Thu, 19 April 2012

yes !! they are back !; great capture !

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Faemike55

1:44PM | Thu, 19 April 2012

Very beautiful butterfly Great capture

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PatGoltz

2:28PM | Thu, 19 April 2012

Superb capture of this difficult species! In my experience, they are very active, so catching one resting, long enough to take a picture, is a bit of a challenge. This is, however, a different genus from the one I have captured. It has the mottled underside, which mine lacked.

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