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Butterflies, I've never seen this one before

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pably15 Tue 02-Jun-26 14:04:41

there was a white butterfly in my garden this morning, not the usual white, this one had an orange tinge on the tips of it's wings, and in all my 80 years ,I have never seen one like this. I googled it ,and it says it's a male orange tip...

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Greenfinch Tue 02-Jun-26 14:08:43

We used to see these orange tip whites in the garden quite regularly many years ago but haven’t seen one for ages. Lucky you!

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PamelaJ1 Tue 02-Jun-26 14:09:37
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Like this? An Orange tip.

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pably15 Tue 02-Jun-26 15:20:05

yes ,that's the one..

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REKA Tue 02-Jun-26 15:30:20

PamelaJ1

Like this? An Orange tip.

How lovely! I've never seen one of these beauties

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Marzipan22 Tue 02-Jun-26 15:44:06

I had one on the valerian on my patio in Cornwall this week.

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SueDonim Tue 02-Jun-26 15:46:26

I saw one last year - I had to google to find out what it was!

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MiniMoon Tue 02-Jun-26 15:58:59

We see quite a lot of orange tip butterflies in our garden. The most prevalent ones at present are large whites.

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Greyduster Tue 02-Jun-26 16:57:36
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They are fairly commonplace here though I’ve yet to see one this year - or many other species. Probably waiting for the buddleia to flower. I did get a small tortoiseshell at the weekend. Not a rarity but all are welcome!

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