Anthocharis cardamines
(Linnaeus, 1758) · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Anthocharis cardamines's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 345 857 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI255 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics222 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Anthocharis cardamines, the orange tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae, which contains about 1,100 species. A. cardamines is mainly found throughout Europe and temperate Asia (Palearctic) The males feature wings with a signature orange pigmentation, which is the origin of A. cardamines' common name. Males and females of this species occupy different habitats: males mostly frequent the edges of forests whereas females frequent meadows. A. cardamines feeds on most plants found within its habitat but the females selectively oviposit on young inflorescence of crucifers. Mating is usually controlled by females as virgin females found in flight are always pursued by males immediately. Females can signal different meanings to the approaching males by using their abdomen. There is evidence that mated females have an anti-aphrodisiac and that their usage of the abdomen has a closely related function in presenting these pheromones to males. This species has been affected by changing temperatures, and its first appearance has shifted forward 17.3 days in the Spring.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Diet & foraging2
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Anthocharis cardamines has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Anthocharis cardamines carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type1 345 857 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions37 of 91 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record | 2 907 |
| Helsinki, FI | 1 234 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 985 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 854 |
| UMUlocation not on record | 543 |
| South Kensington, GB | 384 |
| Kuopio, FI | 289 |
| Zürich, CH | 266 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 264 |
| Brussel, BE | 253 |
| Salzburg, AT | 225 |
| Tartu, EE | 210 |
| Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record | 205 |
| Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record | 196 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 172 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 151 |
| NMOKlocation not on record | 145 |
| Bern, CH | 110 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 105 |
| ZMAAlocation not on record | 104 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 96 |
| Edmonton, CA | 89 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 84 |
| Podgorica, ME | 80 |
| Philadelphia, US | 75 |
| Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record | 62 |
| Geneva, CH | 61 |
| Paro, BT | 59 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 53 |
| New Haven, US | 45 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 45 |
| Tromsø, NO | 42 |
| Cambridge, US | 42 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 39 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 39 |
| Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record | 37 |
| DABUHlocation not on record | 36 |
| Dhaka, BD | 34 |
| Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record | 27 |
| Winterthur, CH | 26 |
| MUZOO - Musée d'histoire naturelle de La Chaux-de-Fondslocation not on record | 25 |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record | 23 |
| Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record | 22 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 20 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 20 |
| NCMGlocation not on record | 19 |
| Brussels, BE | 18 |
| Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record | 18 |
| Fribourg, CH | 18 |
| Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record | 17 |
| Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record | 16 |
| Tallinn, EE | 15 |
| RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record | 15 |
| Sion, CH | 15 |
| SFRAlocation not on record | 13 |
| University of Kaiserslauternlocation not on record | 13 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 11 |
| Toronto, CA | 10 |
| EGBlocation not on record | 8 |
| Toyama, JP | 8 |
| Denver, US | 8 |
| Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record | 6 |
| neflocation not on record | 6 |
| Auckland, NZ | 6 |
| KSTRlocation not on record | 5 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 5 |
| Gothenburg, SE | 4 |
| Tomioka, JP | 4 |
| CASMlocation not on record | 4 |
| Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record | 4 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 4 |
| Shiojiri City Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 4 |
| Glarus, CH | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 3 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 3 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 3 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 2 |
| NMMElocation not on record | 2 |
| CESVlocation not on record | 2 |
| Ugentlocation not on record | 2 |
| Radicondoli, IT | 2 |
| KSSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Blacksburg, US | 2 |
| Museum of Zoology at the University of Bergen, Invertebrate Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record | 2 |
| RMZlocation not on record | 1 |
| Banyoles, ES | 1 |
| KWPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Research Collection of Bernard Dardennelocation not on record | 1 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 1 |
| McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversitylocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Anthocharis cardamines was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.