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08Oct2009

Orange Tip Butterfly

DateThursday, October 8, 2009 at 8:43AM

From back in the spring-time: a male orange tip butterfly, Anthocaris cardamines (family Pieridae, order Lepidoptera).  Only the males have the orange patches; the females are just white and black.

Photo taken in Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2009-05-20.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | Comment1 Comment |
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That's a pretty boy.
October 10 | Unregistered CommenterAydin

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