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green beauty (orange tip)


green beauty (orange tip)
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Copyright: ridvan iron (ridvan) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 556 W: 0 N: 1138] (5140)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-04
Categories: Insects
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/400 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-05 5:09
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Points: 38
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hi all; ı took this green butterfly yesterday ,
have a nice weekend.

Distinguishing marks:
White wings with orange colored tips (male). Don't confuse the female with an ordinary White. Underside of the lower wings marbled green. Upper wing 19-24 mm.

Flying time:
April till early june.

Appearance:
Common. Grasslands and verges near forests.

Foodplant caterpillar:
Various Cruciferae, like Cardamine, Sisymbrium, etc.

The Orange-Tip is resident throughout almost all of Europe. It's bright orange colors attract attention in spring.
Source:http://www.vlinderstichting.nl/butterflyinfo/species/acardami.html

The Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family.

Appearance, behaviour and distribution:

So named because of the males bright orange tips to his forwings. The males are a common sight in May flighing along hedgrows and damp meadows in search of the more reclusive female which lacks the orange and is often mistaken for one of the other 'White' butterflies. The undersides are mottled green and white and create a superb camaflage when settled on flowerheads such as Cow Parsley and Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata. The male is able to hide his orange tips by tucking the forwings behind the hinwings at rest(like on this picture!). If you look closely at the mottling you will see that the green colour is in fact made up of a mixture of black and yellow scales. It is found across Europe, and eastwards into temperate Asia as far as Japan. The past 30 years has seen a rapid increase in the range of the Orange Tip in the UK particularly in Scotland and Ireland.

Lifecycle and foodplants:

The female lays her eggs on the flowerheads of Cuckooflower Cardimine pratensis and Garlic Mustard and occasionally other species of wild Crucifers. The eggs are white to begin with but change to a bright orange after a few days before darkening off just before hatching. Because the larvae feed exclusively on the deveoping seeds there is rarely enough to support more than one larvae per plant. If two larvae meet one will normally be eaten by the other so ensuring that at least one of them survives. Newly hatched larvae will also eat unhatched eggs for the same reason. To stop eggs from being laid on plants already laid on the female leaves a pheromone to deter future females from laying. Pupation occurs in June or July in scrubby vegetation near the foodplant, where they stay to emerge the following spring. Recent research suggests that the emergence of the butterfly may be delayed for as much as two years, thus ensuring the species against unfavourable conditions in a given season.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Tip

thanks to volkan for ID
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  • GLEM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 524 W: 87 N: 693] (5739)
  • [2007-05-05 5:13]

hi Ridvan,
ahahaha je n'ai jamais vu de papillon de ce genre, le camouflage est extra. Superbe netteté, lumière parfaite.

tfs
gaetan

É muito linda esta borboleta uma cor de camuflagem perfeita ficou uma foto muito bem capturada está de parabéns.
Nilson

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1696 W: 242 N: 5596] (19883)
  • [2007-05-05 5:24]

Hi Ridvan,
I need to know a bit more, what colour is the upper-wing? It looks like an orange-tip, but I'm not sure.
Great shot with a decent DOF.
Well done,
Joey

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  • mikou Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 863 W: 73 N: 1348] (5265)
  • [2007-05-05 7:00]

Hi Ridvan.
Beautiful shot and very interesting capture this butterfly on flower very similar colours.Very good focus and DOF.Nice point of view shows fine sharp details on main subject.Beautiful colors and very nice blurry BG.Well done,TFS.
Best greetings Milos.

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  • taba Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 463 W: 126 N: 268] (1510)
  • [2007-05-05 9:34]

Hi Ridvan
good capture and composition.
I liked the colours and details of the butterfly.
nice details and POV.
well done.
Taba

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  • iris Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 392 W: 41 N: 735] (2314)
  • [2007-05-05 10:36]

Wow, what a patch of green and white around here...very beautiul shot, i especially love hat perch..I guess the white are flowers..sorry abt the ID.
TFS & Cheers

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1788 W: 8 N: 4639] (15001)
  • [2007-05-05 10:38]

Hi Ridvan,

I hope someone comes along who can identify this lovely butterfly. I've never seen one with colors like this. It looks so sprintimeish. Beautiful colors and details. Wonderful comp with it on a flower of such similar colors. Very pretty.

Jane

There is a striking similarity in colours between the butterfly and the plant, Ridvan.
The butterfly is definitely some very unusual species which an expert can tell us about.
Don't you think the white parts in the image are slightly over-exposed? Just a thought.
TFS.

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1049 W: 1 N: 4160] (13980)
  • [2007-05-05 12:37]

Hello Rivdan,
What a strange and beautiful butterfly you have captured with great sharpness and amazing color, thanks Rivdan.
Rick

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  • volkan Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 427 W: 16 N: 1047] (6286)
  • [2007-05-05 12:52]

Selam Rıdvan,
Harika bir orange tip female yakalamışsın.
Bakış açısı ve detaylar çok güzel.
Tebrikler.

Merhaba Rivdan, splendid butterfly with great details, very well done, have a great week end, ciao Silvio

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2613 W: 133 N: 7504] (23403)
  • [2007-05-05 15:42]

Hello Ridvan,
Fine capture of the Orange Tip underside, taken the same day as I took mine!
Nice sharpness and compo. with fine neutral BG.
TFS and best wishes, Ivan

Hi Ridvan
Nice and colorful butterfly shot.
TFS
Ralf

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  • demeve Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 514 W: 8 N: 1099] (4072)
  • [2007-05-05 20:10]

Hello Ridvan, what a beauty indeeed, very nice collors and details..well done..

Hi Ridvan,
Very nice shot and well composed picture. Markings on wings are beautiful. Very nice blurred background.
JC

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  • gannu Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 927 W: 4 N: 2317] (10792)
  • [2007-05-06 4:33]

Ridvan, This is really a colorful fly. I like the way it is standing. Very sharp picture. Ganesh

Hi Ridvan
Tout simplement superbe!! quelle couleur !!! Vraiment Pas facil de photographier des papillons. Les détails sont extremement bien rendus, un véritable plaisir des yeux !!! quoiqu'il y a un peu de surexposition sur les blancs.
Bravo et au revoir...JP
Les sourires demain

Merhaba
Bakış açınız,detaylar ve renkler şahane
Tebrikler

merhaba Rıdvan Bey,
harika renkler, güzel bir çekim. bakış açısınız çok güzel. bilgiler de. bol şanslar

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