Gonepteryx

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

Gonepteryx
Gonepteryx rhamni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Goniopterygini
Genus: Gonepteryx
Leach, 1819
Species

15, 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]

Species

It contains the following species:[1]

  • Gonepteryx acuminata C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Gonepteryx amintha Blanchard, 1871
  • Gonepteryx burmensis Tytler 1926
  • Gonepteryx chitralensis (Moore, 1905)
  • Gonepteryx cleobule (Hübner, 1824) – Canary 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
  1. Gonepteryx, funet.fi


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