Header 1

Header 1
All images below are clickable

Saturday, 16 May 2015

Orange Tip Butterfly (Female)

The Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) 

The female has similar markings to the male apart from the grey area on the forewings rather than the orange on the male which is also much larger.









Posted by at

24 comments:

  1. Margaret Birding For Pleasure16 May 2015 at 08:29

    HI Roy Well I have learned something today. I thought all Orange Tip had orange on them!! Now I ssee the female has none. I wonder have some 'whites' that I have seen been orange Tip. of course I can see the underside is quite different for the Whites. These are great images of a lovely butterfly. Have a wonderful weekend.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Roy Norris16 May 2015 at 15:31

      Some of the whites you have seen could easily have been female Orange Tip Margaret.

      Delete
  2. sweffling16 May 2015 at 09:20

    I just love the underside of their wings: so delicate and pretty. You've captured them very well, thanks:)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Bas.16 May 2015 at 10:49

    heerlijk om nu al de vlinders in actie te zien,

    ReplyDelete
  4. Wilma16 May 2015 at 13:52

    great underwing shots.

    ReplyDelete
  5. miss-cherry16 May 2015 at 19:25

    Bardzo ciekawy motyl. Taki inny od tych które znam. Pięknie pokazane.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Ian Doyle16 May 2015 at 21:12

    Nice shots Roy.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Nathailes SANTA MARIA16 May 2015 at 21:14

    Bonsoir Roy
    Une chance d'avoir ce papillon les ailes fermées, je ne l'ai jamais eu.
    Bravo
    Bises

    ReplyDelete
  8. Simon Douglas Thompson16 May 2015 at 22:04

    The only way I'll ever get a mobile phone shot of an orange tip would be to put glue on the plants it lands on

    ReplyDelete
  9. Unknown17 May 2015 at 08:35

    This is a very pretty butterfly.

    ReplyDelete
  10. grammie g18 May 2015 at 05:21

    Hey Roy...Nice,nice,nice !!!! Love the colors of the flowers and greenery,and how they work with the butterflies coloring, couldn't have planned it that well if you tried ;}
    Awesome!!!

    Grace

    ReplyDelete
  11. SeagullSuzie18 May 2015 at 09:45

    The underwings are so beautiful, plenty flying about in Devon this weekend as the weather was lovely.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Ana Freire2 June 2015 at 01:05

    Lovely images, Roy!
    The underside of the wings of these butterflies, is so pretty!
    I believe I never seen any around here...

    ReplyDelete

Thank you so much for visiting
and commenting on my blog

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)