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

An image of a Brimstone Butterfly nectarine on foliage

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

Makro of white butterlfy, cabbage white, sitting in green leaves, Pieris rapae

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

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

Powdered Brimstone, (Gonepteryx farinosa) butterfly foraging on a Silene compata flower.

The brimstone is a fairly large, pale yellow butterfly, with distinctive, leaf-shaped wings. Adults hibernate through cold weather, so may be seen flying on warm days throughout the year, although they are most common in the spring.

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

Brimstone butterfly sitting on the ground a spring day

Brimstone butterfly on a wild flower in nature. Photo taken in the Province of Gelderland in the Netherlands.

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

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 (Gonepteryx rhamni) on purple thistle flower.

Common brimstone butterfly - Gonepteryx rhamni sucks with its trunk nectar from a blossom of the common sainfoin - Onobrychis viciifolia

Gonepteryx rhamni (known as the common brimstone)

Gonepteryx rhamni yellow butterfly on green grass wide view

yellow butterflies and insects on bright thistle flowers on the seashore

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

Cleopatra butterfly (Gonepteryx cleopatra) sitting on blossoming lavender in the Provence in France during a sunny summer day.

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