Anthocharis damone Eastern Orange-Tip butterfly

Description

Taxonomy Identification: Family Pieridae. First named by Boisduval, in 1836

Colour: A sexually dimorphic species. Male topside (recto) wings are yellow with bright orange wing tips and dark margin, hind-wing yellow with grey lattice patterns. The female topside (verso) forewings are white with a black spot, yellow-orange dashes ending in grey wing tip. The hind-wing is latticed in yellow and grey with small black marginal spots. The underside (verso) forewings are white with dark yellow wing tips, the hind-wing is latticed in dark yellow and green.

Size: Wingspan 36-46 mm

Comments & Applications:  A southern European species distributed from South Italy, Sicily, Greece, the southern Balcan’s into Asia Minor and Syria. Absent from Britain. A stunning and beautiful butterfly seldom offered for sale. Buy with confidence fresh captive bred specimens.

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Format: Supplied SET, wings spread, mounted on a pin, cabinet ready with locational data

Further information: Wikipedia