Gordon Beningfield: Moroccan Orange Tip Butterfly

Artist: Gordon Beningfield
1936 - 1998
Nationality: British
Artwork Year: 1985
Image Size: 6 by 7 inches
Overall Size: 11.25 by 12.5 inches
Medium: Water Color on Cold Press Illustration Board

The piquant Moroccan Orange Tip ( Anthocharis belia) is classed with the Pieridae, a large, worldwide family of several hundred species of butterflies. Also known as the Sulphurs and Whites, this family is responsible for the name "butterfly" because some of them are the color of yellow butter. But in southern Europe some whites are not white -- the Moroccan Orange Tip, for example. In the spring the male attracts attention with its scythe-like band of bright orange located in the apex of its forewings, while the female is generally white with some dark spots. In the pupa stage the Orange Tip is green at first, then brown, to camouflage it in the lush vegetation of early summer and the withered leaves of autumn. Pointed in shape, the pupa is able to hide on a blade of grass. Range is southwest Europe and northwest Africa, usually in mountainous regions, although it is also found on grasslands and forest verges. Flight time is spring and early summer when it can be seen occasionally sitting on tall, flimsy flowers that sway in the breeze.

This painting was originally published on the Republic of the Marshall Islands Butterflies of the World 80¢ Moroccan Orange Tip Butterfly stamp issued February 22, 2001.

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