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Beautiful blooming dandelions and white butterfly in the spring meadow

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

Common brimstone (gonepteryx rhamni) butterfly on a dandelion in spring.

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

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

A Cabbage butterfly enjoys a small dose of fall sunshine in the Laurentian Forest in autumn.

male brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) flies in the blue sky over daisies (Bellis perennis)

Butterfly on a dandelion flower in the spring garden

Butterfly on wildflowers in meadow, Switzerland

An image of a Brimstone Butterfly nectarine on foliage

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.

Gonepteryx rhamni (known as the common brimstone)

Detailed close up of a Brimstone butterfly sitting on a yellow flower drinking nectar

Butterfly sitting on a yellow spring wildflowers among the grass

a small white cabbage sits on a buttercup

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

A closeup of a brimstone butterfly on a yellow dandelion in a field

Butterflies and grasshoppers in flight on a background of the sky

Flying male brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) over daisies (Bellis perennis)

$Close-up of a white Pieris Rapae butterfly on a yellow flower.\nLocation: Varnia, Bulgaria$

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Brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni collecting nectar from a blooming weed Common dandelion, Taraxacum officinale.

Common brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx, rhamni, in coltsfoot flower

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