Butterfly or moth
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines · Pieridae · Lepidoptera
Best monthsApr–Junmost records
Records1,470,805in 50 countries
Most seen inUnited Kingdom785,864 records
Red List–IUCN status
About
Orange-tip in brief
The orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) is a butterfly or moth of the Pieridae family — species of insect.
Across the 50 countries we cover it has 1,470,805 published records, most of them from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and France. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in April, May and June and fall to their lowest in October and November.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
United Kingdom785,864 records · best May, Apr
Netherlands186,084 records · best Apr, May
France124,771 records · best Apr, May
Switzerland86,038 records · best May, Apr
Germany51,703 records · best Apr, May
Belgium51,436 records · best Apr, May
Finland44,390 records · best Jun, May
Sweden40,374 records · best May, Jun
Denmark26,673 records · best May, Apr
Ireland16,682 records · best May, Apr
Austria11,275 records · best Apr, May
Norway9,428 records · best May, Jun
Spain8,131 records · best Apr, May
Poland4,916 records · best May, Apr
Luxembourg3,758 records · best May, Apr
Israel3,260 records · best Mar, Feb
Serbia3,069 records · best Apr, May
Italy2,956 records · best Apr, May
Russia1,709 records · best May, Jun
Estonia1,537 records · best May, Jun
Hungary1,284 records · best Apr, May
Czechia911 records · best Apr, May
Romania651 records · best May, Apr
Greece632 records · best Apr, May
Ukraine598 records · best May, Apr
Türkiye536 records · best Apr, Mar
Bulgaria413 records · best Apr, May
Croatia313 records · best Apr, May
Andorra152 records · best Jan, May
Slovenia150 records · best May, Apr
Slovakia121 records · best May, Apr
Liechtenstein118 records · best May, Jun
Cyprus112 records · best Apr, Mar
Iraq95 records · best Apr, May
Kazakhstan90 records · best Apr, May
Belarus83 records · best May, Apr
North Macedonia79 records · best Jun, May
Albania56 records · best May, Apr
Georgia55 records · best Apr, May
Armenia47 records · best Jun, May
Montenegro42 records · best May, Jun
Kyrgyzstan36 records · best May, Apr
Palestine36 records · best Feb, Mar
Kosovo31 records · best Nov, Apr
Bosnia and Herzegovina26 records · best Apr, May
Uzbekistan23 records · best Apr, May
Latvia20 records · best May, Apr
Syria18 records · best Mar, Feb
Azerbaijan12 records · best May, Apr
Moldova11 records · best Apr, May
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
Relatives
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