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Female Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) on Lady's Smock (Cuckoo Flower) (Cardamine pratensis) with orange 2- to 3- day old egg visible
The Orange Tip is a member of the Pieridae Family, which contains the 'whites' and 'yellows'. This image is focused on the butterfly rather than the egg, which is still adequately clear.
Photo ID: Orange_Tip_Female_on_Cuckoo_Flower_(plus_Orange_Egg)_R_013EA
Photo size: 16.6 Mpixels (47.5 MB uncompressed) - 4992x3328 pixels (16.6x11.1 in / 42.3x28.2 cm at 300 ppi)
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