Orange Tip

Only the male orange tip butterfly has those orange tips to his wings.  See him feeding on flowers of Herb Robert and Bramble in the photos below.

The female is all white and you might mistake here for one of the other white butterflies but both male and female have an attractive green and white mottled pattern on their hindwings, which distinguishes them from other species.

All photos by Alan Watts

You'll be lucky to see one now as they are spring flyers really.

We try to promote orange tips by encouraging cuckoo flower, a caterpillar foodplant.  
Jack-by-the-hedge is too.