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One common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) flying in the air in spring in a forest

Common brimstone butterfly isolated on white background

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

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

Cleopatra butterfly (Gonepteryx cleopatra) sitting on blossoming lavender in the Provence in France during a sunny summer day.

Butterfly on flower. Meadow.

Butterfly Specimen

yellow butterflies and insects on bright thistle flowers on the seashore

Green Butterfly

The brimstone is a fairly large, pale yellow butterfly, with distinctive, leaf-shaped wings. Adults hibernate through cold weather, so may be seen flying on warm days throughout the year, although they are most common in the spring.

Brimstone butterfly sitting on the ground a spring day

brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) flying

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) on purple thistle flower.

Yellow butterfly on the flower Nigella damascena

Common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

Butterfly Gonepteryx rhamni isolated on a white background. Object with clipping path.

Brimstone; Gonepteryx; rhamni

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

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.

A close-up of a brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) feeding on a purple knapweed flower (Centaurea jacea).

Common Brimstones (Gonepteryx rhamni) in Lovćen National Park at Kotor Municipality, Montenegro

Butterfly on flower. Summer meadow

Brimstone butterfly on the purple-coloured thistle flower. Gonepteryx rhamni.

Gonepteryx rhamni (Brimstone) on Knautia degenii (Has donkey ear) flower - Derebucak district, Çamlık Caves National Park

male brimstone in flight (gonepteryx rhamni) Bavaria, Germany

Brimstone butterfly on a wild flower in nature. Photo taken in the Province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

Gonepteryx rhamni butterfly close-up

Cleopatra butterfly (Gonepteryx cleopatra) sitting on blossoming lavender in the Provence in France during a sunny summer day.

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

butterfly on yellow wild flowers among grass

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