Gonepteryx

Gonepteryx
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Gonepteryx rhamni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Subfamily:	Coliadinae
Tribe:	Goniopterygini
Genus:	Gonepteryx Leach, 1819
Species
16 spp., see text
Synonyms
Gonoptera Billberg, 1820 Rhodocera Boisduval & Leconte, [1830] Goniapteryx Westwood, 1840 (preocc. Goniapteryx Perty, 1833) Goniopteryx Wallengren, 1853 Goniopteryx Burmeister, 1878 Gonopteryx Schatz, [1886]

Gonepteryx is a genus of butterfly in the Pieridae family. 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.

Species

It contains the following species:

• Gonepteryx acuminata C. & R. Felder, 1862
• Gonepteryx amintha Blanchard, 1871
• Gonepteryx burmensis Tytler 1926
• Gonepteryx chitralensis (Moore, 1905)
• Gonepteryx cleobule (Hübner, 1824) – Canary Island Brimstone
• Gonepteryx cleopatra (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 (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Brimstone
• Gonepteryx taiwana Paravicini 1913

References

• Gonepteryx, Tree of Life
• Gonepteryx, Encyclopedia of Life

External links

• Gonepteryx images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life