#3003 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Cleopatra Butterfly

🇳🇱 Cleopatra ·Gonepteryx cleopatra

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

Gonepteryx cleopatra , the Cleopatra or Cleopatra butterfly , is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,435iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
11,435 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).