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Species Name: Orange-Tip
Subspecies: Hibernica

Welcome to Dave McCormick's Moth and Butterfly World. Here is information the Orange-Tip (Anthocharis cardamines).

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Information

This subspecies occurs in Ireland.  It was discovered by Williams in 1916. It may also be the subspecies that occurs on the Isle of Man, which was discovered by Chalmers-Hunt in 1970, although at present it has not been confirmed that this is the subspecies found there. I am not sure if this subspecies is found elsewhere or not.

Similar Species

Eastern Orange-Tip (Anthocharis Damone), Moroccan Orange-Tip (Anthocharis Euphenoides), Moroccan Orange-Tip (Anthocharis Belia), Female Bath White (Pontia Edusa) is like Female Orange-Tip, Portuguese Dappled White (Euchloe Tagis), Western Dappled White (Euchloe Crameri).

Known Aberrations

To be completed

Adult Images

The adults have an average wingspan of 42mm, but this can be variable. The male on the forewing underside, has a white area between the thorax and the orange patch is strongly tinted yellow.

The female hindwing upperside is strongly tinged with yellow. The female underside has green markings which are darker and more intense than in other subspecies of this species.

Adult Images
Image/Page Link Date Taken  Taken By
Male_Feeding_Thumb 29/04/2007 David McCormick
Male_Sunning_Thumb 03/05/2007 David McCormick
Female_Feeding_Thumb 12/05/2007 David McCormick
Female_Feeding_Thumb 12/05/2007 David McCormick
Male_OT1_Thumb 28/04/2009 David McCormick
Orange_Tip_Female_open_Thumb 28/04/2009 David McCormick

Mating Images

None

Caterpillar Images

The caterpillar is the same as the main species.

Egg/Caterpillar Images
Image/Page Link Date Taken  Taken By
White_Egg_Thumb 05/05/2007 David McCormick
Egg_Hatching_Thumb 05/05/2007 David McCormick
Caterpillar forming pupae 22/06/2008 David McCormick

Pupae Images

The pupae starts of green and may turn brown, but the pupae staying green is rarer than the brown form. The caterpillar usually forms the pupae on the stems of its foodplant.

Pupae Images
Image/Page Link Date Taken  Taken By
Early_Formed_Pupae 24/06/2008 David McCormick

Forms Pages

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Subspecies Pages

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Aberrations

None

Videos Pages

 
A video of Orange-Tip taken on 01/05/2009 by David McCormick

Page last edited: 01/05/2009 21:39

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