page_title: Anthocharis cardamines
section_title: Migration
hierarchical_section_title: Anthocharis cardamines / Migration
caption_attribution_description: Plate from Seitz, A. Ed., 1900-1909 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes(The Macrolepidoptera of the world&#160;: a systematic account of all the known Macrolepidoptera) Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter. read text (in German) See The Global Lepidoptera Names Index for valid names
context_page_description: Anthocharis cardamines, the orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, which contains 1100 species of butterfly. A. cardamines is mainly found throughout Europe and temperate Asia The males feature wings with a signature orange pigmentation, which is the origin of A. cardamines' common name.
  Males and females of this species occupy different habitats: males mostly frequent the edges of forests whereas females frequent meadows. A. cardamines feeds on most plants found within its habitat but the females selectively oviposit on young inflorescence of crucifers.
  Mating is usually controlled by females as virgin females found in flight are always pursued by males immediately. Females can signal different meanings to the approaching males by using their abdomen. There is evidence that mated females have an anti-aphrodisiac and that their usage of the abdomen has a closely related function in presenting these pheromones to males.
  This species has been affected by changing temperatures, and its first appearance has shifted forward 17.3 days in the Spring.
caption: Anthocharis in Seitz
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