Butterfly operating strangely (6-3)

I believe the answer is:

orange-tip

'butterfly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'operating strangely' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'operating' is an anagram of 'ORANGE-TIP'.

(Other definitions for orange-tip that I've seen before include "Butterfly variety" , "British butterfly" , "Common butterfly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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