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Gonepteryx rhamni
On the upper side the male is sulphur yellow while the female is white with a greenish tinge, both have an orange spot in the centre of each wing. It is one of the longest living butterflies, living up to thirteen months.
There is a popular myth that it is this butterfly which gave us the word 'butterfly', a corruption of butter-coloured fly.
Spotted on Jul 20, 2014
Submitted on Jul 21, 2014
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