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Brimstone Butterfly flying from one flower to another

Colias erate

A brimstone butterfly collects nectar from a dandelion flower. Yellow butterfly close-up. Gonepteryx rhamni.

Butterfly on flower. Meadow.

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Colorful geranium argus butterfly pollinating flower.

Common grass yellow butterfly on a white persicaria thunbergii flower.

Close shot of a Colias croceus, clouded yellow feeding on the nectar of Armeria maritima the sea pink.

Butterfly birmstone on a red clover in bright back lit light with blue sky

Common Brimstone butterfly

Flowers and fritillary

Common brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni, perching on plant

Green summer background. A blue butterfly sits on a yellow spring dandelion in a meadow. Natural abstract background

Gonepteryx rhamni light yellow white butterfly sitting on Liatris spicata deep purple flowering flowers, purple beautiful plant in bloom

Gonepteryx rhamni (known as the common brimstone)

Butterfly on a red clover

Brimstone butterfly on pink clover blossom. Close-up butterfly in natural environment. Insect collects nectar on a flower. Gonepteryx rhamni.

Description: The larvae of the Brimstone feeds on the leaves of Buckthorn and Alder Buckthorn. The egg is approximately 2.5mm tall and is skittle shaped as are all eggs laid by Butterflies of the Pieridae family. They can be found on fresh leaf growth on the larval food plant during the spring and are easy to find.The caterpillars feed singularly on the food plant and are easily found lying along the mid-rib of the upperside of a leaf. It is remarkably well camouflaged being the same green as the leaves of its food plant.The chrysalis is attached by the tail to a stick or branch of the foodplant by silk and a silken thread as a support girdle. The pupal stage lasts around 14 days. The Chrysalis changes colour when the butterfly is about to emerge.Warm sunny days in early March brings the Brimstone out from hibernation but since it is such a long-lived species butterflies may be seen throughout the year even though there is only one brood per year. The bright rich yellow of the male Brimstone butterfly cannot be confused with any other butterfly. The female however is a very pale yellow almost white in colour and can be confused at a distance for a Large White. The distinctive shape of the Brimstone and the intricate veining of the wings make it a remarkably beautiful and graceful butterfly.The Brimstone is also one of the longest living of Butterflies and is the only species outside the Nymphalidae family to hibernate as an adult butterfly.Habitat: The Brimstone is usually found in open areas such as grasslands, woodland rides, gardens and waste places, usually in areas adjacent to woodland, scrub and hedgerows where the larval food plant (Buckthorn sp.) occurs. It is often seen visiting suburban gardens in spring and late summer.Distribution: Common Species throughout Europe.

Eating brimstone butterfly on a rose campion (lychnis coronaria) flower

One common Brimstone Butterfly rsting on a Purple Loosestrife plant.

brimstone butterfly on a flower of a Carthusian Pink

Butterflies and flowers

euptoieta butterfly on a grass

Colias croceus butterfly pollinating flowers in the Sierra de Mariola natural park, Bocairente, Spain

Butterfly on a red flower in the garden with green background

A sulphur butterfly feeding on red flowers

Gonepteryx rhamni butterfly close-up

Summer in ornamental garden: Single brimstone ( Gonepteryx rhamni )butterfly eating from lychnis chalcedonica flower head.

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