Anthocharis cardamines

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 (Palearctic)[1] The males feature wings with a signature orange pigmentation, which is the origin of A. cardamines' common name.[2]
Males and females of this species occupy different habitats: males mostly reside in the edges of forests whereas females reside in the meadows. A. cardamines feed on most plants found within its habitat but the females selectively oviposit on young inflorescence of crucifers.
Mating is usually controlled by females as females found in flight are always pursued by males immediately. F[3]emale behavior of using their abdomen can signal different meanings to the approaching males. There is an evidence that mated females have anaphrodisiac and their usage of abdomen has closely related function in representing these pheromone to males.
This species has also been affected by changing temperatures, and their first appearance has shifted forward 17.3 days in the Spring.
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