Bild folgtKI-generierte IllustrationAnthocharis cardamines
Anthocharis cardamines
Family: PieridaeGenus: Anthocharisheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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111
Plants
visited
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161
Interactions
documented
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18
Host plants
known
About this species
Anthocharis cardamines is a univoltine butterfly in the family Pieridae, with adults recorded on the wing in June. Its larvae are oligophagous and the species passes the winter as a pupa.
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Plant-based food
Annual cycle
Adults are on the wing in June. The species overwinters as a pupa.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
4.05 cm
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophagous
Generationen/Jahr
univoltine
Overwintering
pupa
Scientific profile
This butterfly is univoltine, producing a single generation each year. It has an oligophagous larval diet and overwinters in the pupal stage. Adult flight activity is recorded in June.
Host plants
18 plants serve as food for the larvae
Sinapis arvensisCardamine amaraRorippa sterilisBarbarea vulgarisCardamine pratensisHesperis matronalisLunaria annuaAlliaria petiolataSisymbrium officinaleBrassica rapaArabis hirsutaReseda luteolaTurritis glabrathlaspi arvenseRorippa islandicaArabidopsis suecicaArabidopsis lyrataIsatis tinctoria
Visited plants
93 plants are visited by this species
Geranium phaeum subsp. phaeumSolidago canadensisRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusVicia sepiumViola rivinianaAnthemis arvensisVicia fabaMentha arvensisVicia sylvaticaViola odorataVicia craccaSilene dioicaImpatiens glanduliferaVicia lutea subsp. luteaScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisAllium schoenoprasumBuddleja davidiiRubus fruticosusCapsella bursa-pastorisLobularia maritimaGeranium pratenseMentha suaveolensGeranium dissectumVicia villosa subsp. villosaLeucanthemum vulgareMentha spicataCentranthus ruberGeranium molle var. molleGeranium sanguineumViola tricolorCerastium fontanumAnthriscus sylvestrisBrassica oleracea subsp. oleraceaGeranium sylvaticumDaucus carotaPlantago lanceolataPilosella officinarumMyosotis scorpioides subsp. scorpioidesStellaria holosteaGeranium robertianum var. maritimumSilene flos-cuculiCalluna vulgarisViola hirtaCerastium glomeratumThymus praecoxBrassica napus subsp. napusTrifolium repens subsp. repensMyosotis arvensis subsp. arvensisBellis perennisJacobaea vulgaris
Sources & Data Origin
•European Butterfly Macroecological Traits — CC0European Butterfly Macroecological Traits, Dryad DOI 10.5061/dryad.9zw3r22mp.
•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•Seifert & Fiedler (2023) — Macroecological patterns in European butterflies unveil strong interrelations between larval diet breadth, latitudinal range size, and voltinism [Dataset]. Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9zw3r22mp (CC0)
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