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Common Brimstone butterfly

Gonepteryx rhamni

Description:

On the upper side the male is sulphur yellow and the female white with a greenish tinge but both have an orange spot in the centre of each wing. They never settle with their wings open and from the underside the sexes are more difficult to separate but the female is still paler.

Habitat:

Area between grasslands and woodlands.

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Oud-Heverlee, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium

Spotted on Aug 4, 2013
Submitted on Aug 19, 2013

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