Common brimstone

Gonepteryx rhamni
Pierid (Pieridae)

♂

Common brimstoneon RikenMon's Nature-Guide

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Leaf-shaped yellow greenish butterfly, pink antennae and shoulder stripe, brown markings at the wing centre and wing edges. The under surface ♂ yellow, ♀ green white is sometimes difficult to differentiate. The upper surface is yellow and only visible in flight. 

Resembles a leaf when resting and always closes its wing over the body. The veins resemble leaf veins and markings look like small leaf spots.

⇔ wsp. 50-55 mm

It is active almost all year around.

LA: 
≈ GONEPTERYX CLEOPATRA (Cleopatra butterfly) lives around the Mediterranean, ♂ has a yellow and orange top.

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