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Gonepteryx is a
genus of
butterflies in the
family Pieridae;
there are
about 15
species of
Gonepteryx. They live in Europe, Asia, and
Northern Africa...
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Gonepteryx rhamni,
commonly named the
common brimstone, is a
butterfly of the
family Pieridae. It
lives throughout the
Palearctic zone and is commonly...
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family Geometridae Gonepteryx, a
genus of
butterflies commonly known as the
brimstones Gonepteryx rhamni, a
species of
Gonepteryx commonly known as the...
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Gonepteryx cleopatra, the
Cleopatra or
Cleopatra butterfly, is a medium-sized
butterfly of the
family Pieridae. The
species Gonepteryx cleopatra is divided...
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Gonepteryx amintha is a
butterfly of the
family Pieridae. It is
found in the East Palearctic. G. a.
amintha G. a.
formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Taiwan)...
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Gonepteryx mahaguru, the
lesser brimstone, is a medium-sized
butterfly of the
family Pieridae, that is, the
yellows and whites. It is
native to the Kashmir...
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believed to have
originated from a
member of this family, the brimstone,
Gonepteryx rhamni,
which was
called the "butter-coloured fly" by
early British naturalists...
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Gonepteryx maxima is a
butterfly of the
family Pieridae. It was
described by
Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1885. It is
found from north-eastern
China to Korea...
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Gonepteryx maderensis, the
Madeira brimstone, is a
species of
butterfly in the
family Pieridae. It is
endemic to Madeira. Its
natural habitat is temperate...
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possible source of the name is the
bright yellow male of the
brimstone (
Gonepteryx rhamni);
another is that
butterflies were on the wing in
meadows during...
