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Male Gonepteryx rhamni, commonly named the common brimstone feeding on the nectar of purple loosestrife.

Common Brimstone Butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) feeding on a summer flower plant

Common brimstone butterfly - Gonepteryx rhamni sucks with its trunk nectar from a Carthusian pink blossom - Dianthus carthusianorum

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

Common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) butterfly puddling on ground in daytime summer season in their natural habitat.

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

Gonepteryx rhamni butterfly sitting on Liatris spicata deep purple flowering flowers, beautiful animal with yellow white wings

Gonepteryx rhamni on top of a purple buddleia blooming flowerhead.

Lemon yellow butterfly, common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) on purple lavender flowers

Common Brimstone butterfly seating on purple flower and feed nectar

Yellow Brimstone butterfly sitting on a blue lavender flower

Common brimstone butterfly or simply Brimstone. Latin name is Gonepteryx rhamni, and family is Pieridae.

Common brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni, perching on plant

ornamental garden: single common brimstone butterfly ( Gonepteryx) resting on top of a blooming rose campion (Silene coronaria) plant.

Big green and yellow butterflies of Europe.

Brimstone butterfly on pink flower. Gonepteryx rhamni

Brimstone Butterfly nectaring on Knapweed

Pieris rapae, the Cabbage White Butterfly, resting on a small flower.

Brimstone butterfly on a clover blossom. Insect close up. Yellow butterfly in natural environment. Gonepteryx rhamni

Silver-washed Fritillary - (Latin: Argynnis paphia) in Termessos National Park

Close up of a butterfly (Gonepteryx Rhamni) sitting on a pink vetch.

Close-up of a beautiful butterfly. Viewed at Butterfly Gardens located in Victoria, British Columbia.

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