Orange Tip

One of our most recognisable and earliest butterflies, the Orange Tip gets its name unsurprisingly from the orange tips found on the upper wings. They can be found across damp habitats like meadows, glades and riverbanks but will also visit gardens.

As mentioned before one of their distinctive identification features is their orange tip which can be found on their upper fore/hind wing which is only present in the males. While both males & females have the dark patches to their upper wing unlike the other white butterflies the dark dots on their wings sit a lot closer to the wings edge. The easiest way to distinguish them from the Small White is the lower hind wing which is a series of green blotches on both sexes.