#2398 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Common Brimstone

🇳🇱 Citroenvlinder ·Gonepteryx rhamni

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © bsteer · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Harald Süpfle · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Didier · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © svenweyerphotography · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Ina Siebert · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © bsteer · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © 76gio76 · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Gonepteryx rhamni (known as the common brimstone ) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It lives throughout the Palearctic zone, commonly found across Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Across much of its range, it is the only species of its genus, and is therefore simply known locally as the brimstone .

base stats

NL sightings 1,487iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 64,335iNaturalist 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

Spotted 1,487 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #14 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
64,335 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).