Gonepteryx rhamni
         
Brimstone  
Le Citron  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Gonepteryx rhamni - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 01/07/2018   2] male - Doubs (France) - 28/06/2009
 
 
       
       
   
3] male - Doubs (France) - 05/04/2010   4] male - Doubs (France) - 20/04/2005  
       
       
   
5] male - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 28/08/2014   6] same specimen as 5]  
       
       
   
7] male alt.340m - Côte d'Or (France) - 26/06/2024   8] same specimen as 7]  
       
       
   
9] male alt.890m - Drôme (France) - 18/06/2022   10] same specimen as 9]  
       
       
   
11] female of Gonepteryx rhamni - Lot (France) - 14/06/2020   12] female - Doubs (France) - 10/04/2010  
       
       
   
13] female - Aude (France) - 08/07/2018   14] same specimen as 13]  
       
       
   
15] female - Doubs (France) - 19/04/2009   16] female alt.590m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 28/03/2021  
       
       
   
17] female laying on Rhamnus alaternus alt.130m - Haute Garonne (France) - 22/03/2024   18] close-up of an egg just laid by the female shown in 17]
 
 
       
       
   
19] close-up of an egg freshly laid on Rhamnus cathartica - Doubs (France) - 19/04/2009   20] female laying on Rhamnus cathartica. 4 eggs were laid on this bud - Doubs (France) - 20/04/2005  
       
       
   
21] male (above) and female during courting - Doubs (France) - 10/04/2010   22]  same scene as 21]
 
 
       
       
   
23] tiny caterpillar just hatched from an egg laid by the female shown in 17] and reared on Rhamnus alaternus - Haute Garonne (France) - 19/04/2024   24] young caterpillar reared on Rhamnus alaternus from an egg laid by the female shown in 17] - Haute Garonne (France) - 19/04/2024
 
 
       
       
   
25] other caterpillar reared on Rhamnus alaternus from an egg laid by the female shown in 17] - Haute Garonne (France) - 19/04/2024   26] other caterpillar reared on Rhamnus alaternus from an egg laid by the female shown in 17] - Haute Garonne (France) - 19/04/2024  
       
       
   
27] same caterpillar as 26] on the 24th May, 2024   28] same caterpillar as 26] on the 24th May, 2024  
       
       
 
29] same caterpillar as 26] on the 24th May, 2024  
       
       
   
30] chrysalis which originated from the caterpillar shown in 26] - Haute Garonne (France) - 01/06/2024   31] same chrysalis as 30]
 
 
       
       
   
32] male of G.rhamni photographed the day it emerged from the chrysalis shown in 30] - Haute Garonne (France) - 12/06/2024   33] view of the empty chrysalis - Haute Garonne (France) - 12/06/2024  
       
       
   
34] caterpillar reared on Rhamnus alaternus from an egg laid by the female shown in 17] - Haute Garonne (France) - 05/05/2024   35] chrysalis which originated from the caterpillar shown in 34] - Haute Garonne (France) - 24/05/2024  
       
       
   
36] same chrysalis as 35] - Haute Garonne (France) - 24/05/2024
 
  37] male of G.rhamni photographed the day it emerged from the chrysalis shown in 35] - Haute Garonne (France) - 07/06/2024  
       
       
   
38] caterpillar reared on Rhamnus alaternus from an egg laid by the female shown in 17] - Haute Garonne (France) - 05/05/2024   39] same larva as 38], close-up of the head
 
 
       
       
   
40] chrysalis which originated from the caterpillar shown in 38] - Haute Garonne (France) - 24/05/2024   41] same chrysalis as 40]
 
 
       
       
   
42] same chrysalis as 40], on the 07th of June, 2024.   43] same chrysalis as 42]  
       
       
   
44] male of G.rhamni photographed a few minutes after it emerged from the chrysalis shown in 40] - Haute Garonne (France) - 08/06/2024   45] two males released in their natural habitat - Haute Garonne (France) - 08/06/2024
 
 
       
       
 
46] caterpillar reared on Rhamnus alaternus from an egg laid by the female shown in 17] - Haute Garonne (France) - 05/05/2024  
       
       
   
47] same larva as 46], close-up of the head - Haute Garonne (France) - 05/05/2024   48] same larva as 46], on the 20th of May, 2024
 
 
       
       
   
49] same larva as 46], on the 25th of May, 2024   50] same larva as 46], on the 25th of May, 2024  
       
       
   
51] same larva as 46], on the 25th of May, 2024
 
  52] a caterpillar preparing to pupate - Haute Garonne (France) - 20/05/2024  
       
       
   
53] chrysalis which emerged from the scene shown in 52], on the 24th of May, 2024   54] same chrysalis as 53] on the 07th of June, 2024
 
 
       
       
       
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