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Common Brimstone - Gonepteryx rhamni - Citroenvlinder
West-Europe and North-Africa to Central-Asia.
The following 10 subspecies are being recognized:
Gonepteryx rhamni rhamni - South-Britain, Europe south to the Pyrenees and West-Siberia;
Gonepteryx rhamni gravesi - Ireland;
Gonepteryx rhamni transiens - South-Europe;
Gonepteryx rhamni meridionalis - North-Africa to Armenia;
Gonepteryx rhamni 'noname' - Albania, Greece, Turkey and Syria;
Gonepteryx rhamni miljanowski - Caucasus Minor;
Gonepteryx rhamni nana - Altai, South-Siberia, Transbaikalika;
Gonepteryx rhamni tianshanica - Tian-Shan Mountains, Pamir;
Gonepteryx rhamni nepalensis - Himalaya, North-India;
Gonepteryx rhamni gilgitica - Kashmir, India.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.
Common Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni rhamni |
Common Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni rhamni |
Common Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni rhamni |
Common Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni rhamni |