male orange tipped butterfly

[the black fox]

another hand held shot
mr tango by jeff and jan cohen, on Flickr

[Stan]

Re: male orange tipped butterfly

good for handheld but for an orage tip would expect the edge of the wing to be orange and not black as in this shot - or has that resulted from the processing - as it is it looks like either a small or large white

stan

[tigerburnie]

Re: male orange tipped butterfly

Has a war been declared whilst I was away.

[the black fox]

Re: male orange tipped butterfly

you could be right on this stan .but its not my forte so i'ii bow to your superior knowledge

[Stan]

Re: male orange tipped butterfly

was just checking this out in the Collins insect book and found between the pictures of the top and underside of the wings a small shot looking very much like that you have posted. On further investigation via google it looks like yours is in fact a female orange tip - not seen one like that before which is why I had thought they all had orange tips to the wings. Would be interesting to know if the underside of the wings is the same for both male and female

Stan

[the black fox]

Re: male orange tipped butterfly

Cheers Stan I always thought the orange winged one was the female ,and this one (type) is constantly flitting around with the orange tip hence my assumption of male and female .some of my Flickr contacts are experts though so might get clarification via there

[Trev B]

Re: male orange tipped butterfly

Nice capture Jeff -- it is without doubt a female Orange Tip

[Bill53]

Re: male orange tipped butterfly

Well captured Jeff.

Bill.

[tesarver]

Re: male orange tipped butterfly

Well taken and a steady hand Jeff

Tom

[Lepus]

Re: male orange tipped butterfly

I think both male and female have that mottled look under wing . Well caught Jeff .

[pelliott1954]

Re: male orange tipped butterfly

Nicely caught Jeff, lovely light, interesting observations from members too, knowledge of nature on this forum is excellent.

Regards Paul