Wonder what this butterfly is?

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Pigbun
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Wonder what this butterfly is?

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Spotted this butterfly this morning and wondered what it was. I thought it was a green veined white but searching the internet it may be an orange tipped white.
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David M
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Re: Wonder what this butterfly is?

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Hi Pigbun. Your butterfly is an Orange Tip - anthocharis cardamines.

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species. ... cardamines
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MikeOxon
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Re: Wonder what this butterfly is?

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Just to add - your photo is of a female, which doesn't have the orange markings that give the species its name. Females are much easier to confuse with other whites :)
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