Das Bild zeigt einen Artensteckbrief des Aurorafalters der Hochschulgruppe Bunte Wiese Landau der RPTU

Das Bild zeigt einen Artensteckbrief des Aurorafalters der Hochschulgruppe Bunte Wiese Landau der RPTU

Das Bild zeigt einen Artensteckbrief des Aurorafalters der Hochschulgruppe Bunte Wiese Landau der RPTU

Augen auf im Frühjahr! Schon jetzt im März fliegt an sonnigen Tagen der Aurorafalter in Gärten und auf Wiesen!
#BunteWiese #Landau #Biodiversität #Aurorafalter #Weißlinge #Frühling #Hochschulgruppe #RPTU #Schaumkraut #Anthocharis #Anthochariscardamines

Two Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines butterflies with a Cuckoo-flower Cardamine pratensis in bloom. One butterfly has wings outspeed, the other has them folded as it perches on the four-petalked pale pink flowers. The cuckoo flower has leaves of paired leaflets with a terminal leaflet, and the illustratikn shows that these are larger and the leaflets are a bit broader lower down the plant. The orange only covers the top third of the upper wings and is edged with a darker margin. The rest of the wing is a greenish white, with clearly visible veins. The underside of the lower wing is blotched with an irregular yellowish green pattern. #botanicalillustration #sciart #butterflypainting #entomology #naturalscienceillustration

My #sciart #illustration of the #Orange-tip #Anthocharis cardamines #butterfly with the #Cuckoo-flower #Cardamine pratensis.

Cuckoo flower is also called lady's smock and flowers in late spring. It's the host plant for the Orange tip's caterpillars. We can eat it too, rather delicious and mustardy.