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

Common brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni, perching on plant

Close-up of a beautiful yellow butterfly on a coneflower. The Latin name is Echinacea purpurea. Echinacea purpurea is medicinal

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

ornamental garden: single common brimstone butterfly resting on top of a white color Liatris spicata plant.

A4H9D3 brimstone gonepteryx rhamni female on dead nettle dead-nettle Lamium maculatum Germany Europe

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

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

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

Beautiful butterfly is on multi colored flower in garden.

ornamental garden: single common brimstone butterfly ( Gonepteryx) resting on top of a blooming rose campion (Silene coronaria) plant.

Detailed close up of a brimstone butterfly with great camouflage, hiding on a leaf

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

Common brimstone butterfly - Gonepteryx rhamni sucks nectar with its trunk from the blossom of the African Lily or African love flower - Agapanthus campanulatus

Common Brimstone Butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) feeding on a Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)

Orange butterfly on flowering cherry tree branch with blue sky background

Lepidoptera insects in the wild, North China

Butterfly on Zinnia Flower with Green Background

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

Butterfly sits on a pink flower. In the middle of a green meadow with spring flowers.

Common brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx, rhamni, in coltsfoot flower

A Spotted Jezebel butterfly (Delias aganippe) delicately pollinating a cluster of white cherry blossom flowers. The butterfly’s vibrant black, white, red, and yellow markings contrast beautifully with the soft white petals

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

An image of a Brimstone Butterfly nectarine on foliage

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