Alex Hyde / Orange tip butterfly egg (Anthocharis cardamines) on Cuckoo flower / Lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis). Peak DIstrict National Park, Derbyshire, UK. May.

Alex Hyde / Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) male resting on Bluebell (Endymion / Hyacinthoides nonscriptus). Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.

Simon Colmer / Green-veined White butterfly egg (Pieris napi) above, Orange-tip butterfly egg (Anthocharis cardamines) below, on Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Sussex, UK. June.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Orange Tip butterfly {Anthocharis cardamines} male resting on Cuckooflower {Cardamine pratensis}, blue background, north Devon, UK, April. Did you know? Sadly butterflies are not as common as they onc...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Orange Tip butterfly {Anthocharis cardamines} female resting on Cuckooflower {Cardamine pratensis}, north Devon, UK. April

Bernard Castelein / Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) at rest on Cuckoo-flower (Cardamine pratensis) Wuustwezel, Belgium, April

Bernard Castelein / Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) at rest on Cuckoo-flower (Cardamine pratensis) Wuustwezel, Belgium, April

Colin Varndell / Female Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) at rest on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom. Dorset, UK April

Kim Taylor / Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) male in flight, digitally enhanced, Surrey, England

Andy Sands / Orange Tip (Anthocaris cardamines) Male at rest on Cuckoo flower / Lady's smock, West Sussex, UK April

Hans Christoph Kappel / Orange Tip butterfly in flight, Germany (Anthocharis cardamines)

Adrian Davies / Orange tip butterfly female {Anthocharis cardamines} close up on Lady's smock flower, UK