''Gonepteryx'' is a genus of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...

in the family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...

, which contains about 1,100 species. They live in Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. They are commonly known as brimstones for the bright yellow colour of the wings of most species. These share the same name as the much larger tropical genus Anteos. These inhabit much of central and South America and also North America. This species are known for being the kings of butterfly longevity. 10-13 months is the lifespan for many temperate species. Anteos, however, is much shorter lived. The adults will often mimic ivy leaves at rest. Male brimstone butterflies can withstand cooler temperatures and are able to fly after just 4 months in hibernation. Female brimstone butterflies need warmer climates to survive, and therefore are in hibernation longer. The male butterflies have a longer life span as they are more resilient to a wider range of temperatures, unlike the female.

Species

It contains the following species:''Gonepteryx''
funet.fi * '' Gonepteryx acuminata'' (C. & R. Felder, 1862) * ''

Gonepteryx aspasia ''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, Uttarakhand, China, Korea, and Japan. Relation to ''Gonepteryx aspasia'' Though th ...

'' (Ménétriès, 1859) * ''

Gonepteryx amintha ''Gonepteryx amintha'' is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the East Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of th ...

'' (Blanchard, 1871) * '' Gonepteryx burmensis'' (Tytler 1926) * '' Gonepteryx chitralensis'' (Moore, 1905) * '' Gonepteryx cleobule'' (Hübner, 1824) – Canary brimstone * ''

Gonepteryx cleopatra ''Gonepteryx cleopatra'', the Cleopatra or Cleopatra butterfly, is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae. Subspecies The species ''Gonepteryx cleopatra'' is divided into the following ten subspecies: *''G. c. cleopatra'' (Linnaeus, ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1767) – Cleopatra * '' Gonepteryx eversi'' (Rehnelt, 1974 * '' Gonepteryx farinosa'' (Zeller, 1847) – powdered brimstone * '' Gonepteryx maderensis'' (Felder, 1862) – Madeira brimstone * '' Gonepteryx mahaguru'' (Gistel, 1857) – lesser brimstone * '' Gonepteryx maxima'' (Butler, 1885) * '' Gonepteryx nepalensis'' (Doubleday, 1847) * '' Gonepteryx palmae'' (Stamm 1963) – La Palma brimstone * ''

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

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – common brimstone * '' Gonepteryx taiwana'' (Paravicini 1913)

References

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Encyclopedia of Life Wiklund, C., Lindfors, V., & Forsberg, J. (1996). Early male emergence and reproductive phenology of the adult overwintering butterfly gonepteryx rhamni in Sweden. Oikos, 75(2), 227. https://doi.org/10.2307/3546246 Pieridae genera Taxa named by William Elford Leach Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Coliadinae {{pieridae-stub