Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common names

🇬🇧 Orange-tip
🇫🇷 Aurore

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Pierinae
Tribe: Anthocharini
Genus: Anthocharis
Species: Anthocharis cardamines

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/anthocharis-cardamines.webp — Anthocharis cardamines ♂ sitting on a flower of Cardamine pratensis

img/anthocharis-cardamines-2.webp — Anthocharis cardamines ♂ sitting on a flower of Cardamine pratensis

img/anthocharis-cardamines-3.webp — Anthocharis cardamines ♂ sitting on a flower of Cardamine pratensis

img/anthocharis-cardamines-4.webp — Anthocharis cardamines ♂ sitting on a flower of Cardamine pratensis

img/anthocharis-cardamines-5.webp — Anthocharis cardamines ♀ sitting on a flower of Cardamine pratensis

img/anthocharis-cardamines-6.webp — Anthocharis cardamines ♀ sitting on a flower of Cardamine pratensis

img/anthocharis-cardamines-7.webp — Anthocharis cardamines ♀ sitting on a flower of Cardamine pratensis

img/anthocharis-cardamines-8.webp — Anthocharis cardamines ♀ sitting on a flower of Cardamine pratensis

Sources

van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Verovnik, R., Wiemers, M., López Munguira, M., Maes, D., Sasic, M., Verstrael, T., Warren, M., & Settele, J. (2010). Anthocharis cardamines (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2010. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/160753/5378407