




Anthocharis cardamines
The orange-tip butterfly is a colorful insect with bright orange tips on its wings. It flits around gardens and fields, bringing joy with its beautiful colors during springtime.
生息地: Grasslands
The orange-tip is a medium-sized butterfly. Males boast vivid orange tips on their white forewings, contrasting with the mostly white females, which instead have distinct black wingtips. Both sexes share unique mottled green markings on the underside of their hindwings, resembling camouflage.





カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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Only the male orange-tip butterfly has bright orange wing tips; females are mostly white!
Orange-tip caterpillars are cannibalistic and will eat smaller siblings if food is scarce.
Their mottled green wing undersides are made of overlapping yellow and black scales, not green pigment!
These butterflies emerge early in spring, often being one of the first to be seen fluttering about.
Orange-tip pupae can look exactly like a thorn or dead leaf, helping them hide from hungry predators while they transform.
Orange-tip caterpillars can eat plants from the mustard family, using their natural chemicals to grow big and strong.
Orange-tip butterflies can fly in quick, erratic zigzags, making it very hard for birds and other predators to catch them.
Caterpillars munch on specific wild plants, while adult butterflies sip nectar from various flowers.
年齢による違い: Larvae consume leaves and seed pods of host plants, whereas adults feed exclusively on flower nectar.
Cardamine pratensis
Main food source for caterpillars and adult nectar.

Alliaria petiolata
Another key host plant for larvae and nectar for adults.
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Parus major
A common woodland bird that preys on butterflies.
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Butterflies are gentle creatures; just watch them from a distance and don't try to catch them.
45-50 mm
18-22 mm
7-14 日
15-20 km/h
Caterpillars munch on specific wild plants, while adult butterflies sip nectar from various flowers.
Grasslands
Foraging
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