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Macro of Gonepteryx rhamni, the common brimstone, yellow-green butterfly

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) on purple thistle flower.

brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) sitting on a purple deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)

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

Detailed close up of a brimstone butterfly with great camouflage, hiding on a leaf

Gonepteryx rhamni (known as the common brimstone)

Portrait of a Common Brimstone (Butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni) Sitting on the moss in the spring sun. High quality photo

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

Gonepteryx rhamni on top of a purple buddleia blooming flowerhead.

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

Common brimstone butterfly - Gonepteryx rhamni sucks with its trunk nectar from a giant fleabane blossom - Inula magnifica

Close shot of a male brimstone butterfly feeding on the nectar of purple loosestrife.

Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) butterfly male resting on Common Nettle (Urtica dioica)

Butterfly sitting on a yellow spring wildflowers among the grass

Beautiful yellow butterfly sat down on a flower and drinking nectar.

Green butterfly on spring flower in nature.

Common Brimstone butterfly on yellow flower. Close-up butterfly in natural environment. Gonepteryx rhamni.

A delicate white moth feeds on a dandelion in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. A summer heat wave dried the surrounding grass on a green belt.

Closeup of the Cleopatra butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra with closed wings sipping nectar in the Gard, France

Butterfly on a dandelion flower in the spring garden

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

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

One common Brimstone Butterfly rsting on a Purple Loosestrife plant.

A common brimstone butterfly, gonepteryx rhamni, feeding nectar from a butterfly-bush or Buddleja

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

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