Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common names

🇬🇧 Brimstone
🇫🇷 Citron, Limon, Piéride du Nerprun

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Coliadinae
Genus: Gonepteryx
Species: Gonepteryx rhamni

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/gonepteryx-rhamni.webp — Gonepteryx rhamni ♂ foraging on a flower of Lathyrus latifolius

img/gonepteryx-rhamni-2.webp — Gonepteryx rhamni ♂ foraging on a flower of Lathyrus latifolius

img/gonepteryx-rhamni-3.webp — Gonepteryx rhamni

Sources

van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Verovnik, R., Wiemers, M., López Munguira, M., Maes, D., Sasic, M., Verstrael, T., Warren, M., & Settele, J. (2010). Gonepteryx rhamni (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2010. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/174429/7070137