Genus EUCHLOE, Hubner , 1823 
THE ORANGE TIP 
Euchlo'e cardamincs (Linn., 1758 ). 
(Plate XXVIII, facing page 321) 
This elegant and charming butterfly is one of the commonest 
of our indigenous species. 
Haunts and Distribution. Its favourite haunts are lanes 
and flowery waysides, along the hedgerows bordering fields 
and marshy meadows, and the borders of woods. It is 
generally distributed throughout England, Wales and Ireland, 
and as far north as Moray in Scotland. Its range abroad 
extends over Europe, across Asia to China. 
Time of Appearance. In normal seasons the Orange Tip, 
being single-brooded, appears on the wing from early May 
until the latter part of June, but in early and warm seasons 
it makes its appearance during the latter half of April, 
Occasionally specimens occur in August and even as late as 
September; these probably are representatives of a second 
brood. On the north Cornish coast I have at different times 
seen this butterfly during July, where some other species are 
late in appearing. E. cardamincs has been known to pass 
through two winters in the pupal state. 
Hibernation. This species hibernates as a pupa, which 
stage normally occupies about eleven months. 
Although the male Orange Tip is so conspicuous when on 
the wing, or when settled with half-expanded wings upon 
some flower, it is while at rest during dull weather, or when 
it has settled down for the night on a flower-head of the 
upright Hedge Parsley (Torilis anthriscus), or on Garlic 
Mustard (Alliaria officinalis ), that it becomes practically an 
invisible creature while resting with tightly-closed wings, 
which bear a remarkable resemblance to the little clustered 
flowers of white and green. The disguise is so perfect that 
it is one of the most remarkable instances of protective 
resemblance due to obliterative colouring. 
Egg Laying. Like the other species of Pieridae , the Orange 
Tip lays its eggs on various cruciferous plants ; of these the 
most frequently chosen are: Garlic Mustard (A. officinalis ), 
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