Sara Orangetip, Anthocharis sara
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In flight this species appears as two little orange flags fluttering
on the breeze. There is a white part
connecting them. A delicate spring
butterfly of the West, it lives from the sea to the high mountains. The male has milky white wings with
brilliant orange tip bordered with black.
He sips nectar from wild strawberry.
The female has pale yellow wings, also with orange tips, and her
hindwing undersides are delicately marbled with grass-green scales. |