Orange tip butterflies are named after the appearance of the male butterflies, because of there breathtaking orange wingtips.
Their coat colour
The males have a white body with bright orange wingtips and they have a small black dot on there wings, the females have the black dot on there wingtip too but the females have a white body with black wingtips. When they’re a caterpillar their body’s are green and blue with a white line down there body.
Food – what they eat
Butterflies prefer to eat plants, nettles and nectar. But sadly are ate by birds, spiders, frogs, toads, hedgehogs, bats, cats, dogs and surprisingly wasps
(Who knew wasps could eat butterflies?)
Where they live
Orange tip butterflies are found in damper habitats like meadows, woodland glades, hedge rows and banks of streams, sometimes they visit people gardens but not that much and you mostly see them in Scotland in the spring. We also she these magnificent creatures in our playground at Banton primary school
Interesting and fun facts
- Orange tip butterflies lay there eggs on caterpillar food plants so when the eggs hatch they have something to eat, but they but them on separate ones because caterpillars eat other caterpillars.
- Butterflies have special sensors on there feet to taste their food
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