Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)
Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)
Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)
Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)
Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)
Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)

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Provence Orange-tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)


Photo © Albert Vliegenthart
FamilyPieridae
SubfamilyPierinae
GenusAnthocharis
Specieseuphenoides
AuthorityStaudinger, 1869
English NameProvence Orange-tip
European Red List 2010Least Concern (LC)
EU 27 Red List 2010Least Concern (LC)
European Red List 2025Least Concern (LC)
EU 27 Red List 2025Least Concern (LC)
Habitats Directive
Bern Convention
CITES

Description

This butterfly inhabits warm, dry places with flower-rich, grassy vegetation and scattered bushes. Eggs are laid one by one on the flowerbuds of various crucifers, such as the buckler mustards Biscutella laevigata and B. auriculata, London Rocket (Sisymbrium irio), and Hedge Mustard (S. officinale). The caterpillars feed mainly on ovaries, but at times are also cannibalistic. This species hibernates as a pupa and has one generation a year.

Distribution

Andorra / France / France: Mainland / Italy / Italy: Mainland / Portugal / Portugal: Mainland / Spain / Spain: Mainland / Spain: Balearic Islands / Switzerland (Irregular Vagrant) / United Kingdom: Gibraltar /

Larval Foodplants

#OrderFamilyGenusSpeciesVernacular NameLink
1BrassicalesBrassicaceaeBiscutella
2BrassicalesBrassicaceaeBiscutellaambigua
3BrassicalesBrassicaceaeBiscutelladidyma
4BrassicalesBrassicaceaeBiscutellaflexuosa
5BrassicalesBrassicaceaeBiscutellalaevigata
6BrassicalesBrassicaceaeErucastrumnasturtiifolium
7BrassicalesBrassicaceaeHirschfeldiaincanaHoary Mustard