the lemon butterfly:
The wingspan is up to 55 millimetres, males are more yellow, females more green in colour but this is not always easy to see in the field. They stand out well both in flight and when visiting flowers. The females are also much paler in colour and are sometimes mistaken for the whites. Both butterflies (male-female) can be recognised by an orange dot on each wing tip.
The butterfly is superbly camouflaged and its entire body is adapted accordingly. The irregular orange-brown spots are strikingly similar to burn holes in leaves. The wing veining is lighter and distinct and resembles the veins of a leaf. The dark ends of the veining on the wing margin resemble the leaf margin and even small spines are mimicked. The lemon butterfly has no eyespots or other scaring colours on the upper (inner) side of the wings, and never folds them open at rest, so it perfectly resembles a leaf.
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