Scientific Name: Gonepteryx rhamni.
English Name: Brimstone.
French Name: Le Citron
5 Key Characters:
Lookalikes: Clouded Yellow Colias crocea, which has black edged wings and does not have pointed wings.
Habitat: Lowland woodland edges, clearings and rides, open woodland, wooded grassland, undergrowth.
Flight Period: February-March-April-May-June-July-August-September-October-November.
Status: Very common.
Caterpillar: Green, May-June.
Host Plant: Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
English Name: Brimstone.
French Name: Le Citron
5 Key Characters:- males yellow, females greeny white.
- pointed wings unique in this area.
- orange spot in the middle of each wing.
- can be seen very early in the year (February).
- over winters as an adult, sheltering in ivy.
Lookalikes: Clouded Yellow Colias crocea, which has black edged wings and does not have pointed wings.
Habitat: Lowland woodland edges, clearings and rides, open woodland, wooded grassland, undergrowth.
Flight Period: February-March-April-May-June-July-August-September-October-November.
Status: Very common.
Caterpillar: Green, May-June.
Host Plant: Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica.
Photographed by Loire Valley Nature:
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