orange tip

 

orange tip (plural orange tips)

1. Any of various pierid butterflies having orange tips to the upper forewings, especially Anthocharis cardamines, of Eurasia.
   • 2018 April 27, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Most of us have a favourite first that signifies the true beginning of spring. For me, it’s the first orange tip.

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