Orange-Tip 



The sexes are easily distinguished by the female 

 having the upper side of the hind-wings broadly 

 checkered with a double band of black spots, which is 

 entirely wanting in the male. The under side, how- 

 ever, of both sexes is beautifully marbled in dark green 

 on a creamy white ground. The caterpillar is a dull 

 green with yellow lines on back and sides, and may be 

 fed on cabbage or Dyer's Rocket. The chrysalis is 

 very similar to that of the Small Garden White. 



The butterfly may be met with in May and June, 

 and again in August and September. 



THE ORANGE-TIP BUTTERFLY (Euchloe Cardamines^ 

 Plate I., Fig. 7. This is the only member of its genus 

 inhabiting this country, though there are several others 

 met with on the Continent. It has a wide range in 

 Britain and may be met with from Aberdeenshire to 

 the south coast of England, although it appears to be 

 becoming scarcer and more local in the northern half 

 of the kingdom. The ground colour of the upper side 

 of the wings is white, with a large orange patch occupy- 

 ing almost the outer half of the fore-wing, relieved by 

 a black tip and a black spot. In the female these black 

 marks are larger, but the orange is entirely wanting. 

 The under side of the fore-wing is like the upper, but 

 the under side of the hind-wing is beautifully marbled 

 in dark green, an effect obtained by the commingling 

 of black scales on a yellow ground. 



The caterpillar is green, with a white line on the 

 sides, and feeds on various species of Cardamine; hence 

 meadow-lands are its favourite resorts, and there the 

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