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Common brimstone

Gonepteryx rhamni

Synonyms: Крушинница

Order Lepidoptera. Family Pieridae.

Common brimstone — Photographs 1
Common brimstone.
Photo: Didier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Description

Gonepteryx rhamni, commonly named the common brimstone, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.

Traits

Wingspan
50–60 mm
Flight period
March–October (overwinters)
Host plants
buckthorn
Generations per year
1

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Photographs

Common brimstone — Photographs 2
Common brimstone. Zoological illustration.
Dr. F. Nemos / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Links

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