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title: "Oranjetipje"
description: "Anthocharis cardamines — Insecten en spinnen. Anthocharis cardamines, the orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, which contains about 1,100 species."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/orange-tip
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Oranjetipje

> Anthocharis cardamines — Insecten en spinnen. Anthocharis cardamines, the orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, which contains about 1,100 species.

- Scientific name: *Anthocharis cardamines*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 43342
- Wikidata: [Q322180](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322180)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51495](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51495)

## Names

- en: Orange-tip
- de: Aurorafalter
- es: Aurora
- fr: Aurore
- nl: Oranjetipje
- pl: Zorzynek rzeżuchowiec

## Countries with the most observations

GB (9568), DE (5008), FR (3714), IT (2960), DK (2125), AT (1903), RU (1576), CZ (1178), ES (1056), FI (829), PL (730), CH (664)

## Summary

Anthocharis cardamines, the orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, which contains about 1,100 species. A. cardamines is mainly found throughout Europe and temperate Asia (Palearctic). The males feature wings with a signature orange pigmentation, which is the origin of A. cardamines' common name.
Males and females of this species occupy different habitats: males mostly frequent the edges of forests whereas females frequent meadows. A. cardamines feeds on most plants found within its habitat but the females selectively oviposit on young inflorescence of crucifers.
Mating is usually controlled by females…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthocharis_cardamines

## Photo

![Oranjetipje](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/orange-tip/medium.jpg)

Photo: David Bellamy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45077798

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/orange-tip?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).