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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.

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

Gonepteryx rhamni (known as the common brimstone)

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

Gonepteryx rhamni on top of a purple buddleia blooming flowerhead.

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

An image of a Brimstone Butterfly nectarine on foliage

Butterfly Limonite, common brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni on the Lychnis chalcedonica blooming plant outdoors in summer day

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

Common brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni, perching on plant

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

A macro image of a butterfly pollinating yellow flowers.

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

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

Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) butterfly foraging on Silene compata flowers

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

brimstone butterfly on a flower of a Carthusian Pink

Butterfly on Zinnia Flower with Green Background

Colias croceus butterfly pollinating flowers in the Sierra de Mariola natural park, Bocairente, Spain

A yellow butterfly on a wildflower. Insects in nature.

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

Green butterfly on spring flower in nature.

brimstone butterfly on a flower of a cabbage thistle

A cloudless sulphur butterfly gathers nectar from a purple flower in Costa Rica.

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