Bild folgtKI-generierte IllustrationGonepteryx rhamni
Gonepteryx rhamni
Family: PieridaeGenus: Gonepteryxheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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154
Plants
visited
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213
Interactions
documented
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3
Host plants
known
About this species
A univoltine pierid butterfly recorded in Great Britain. Adults overwinter and fly from April until August; larvae are oligophagous.
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Plant-based food
Annual cycle
Adults overwinter and are active from April to August. One generation is produced each year.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
5.8 cm
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophagous
Generationen/Jahr
univoltine
Overwintering
adult
Scientific profile
Gonepteryx rhamni is a butterfly of the family Pieridae recorded in Great Britain. It has a univoltine life cycle, producing a single generation annually. The larvae are oligophagous, feeding on a restricted range of host plants. Adults overwinter and are active from April to August.
Visited plants
151 plants are visited by this species
Ranunculus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusViola tricolorFicaria vernaCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraPrimula elatiorLeontodon hispidusSymphyotrichum lanceolatum × novi-belgiiLinaria repensCarduus tenuiflorusHyacinthoides non-scriptaCirsium tuberosumLophiolepis eriophoraGeranium molle var. molleCarlina vulgarisVicia sativa subsp. nigraSalix repensCentaurea scabiosaCarduus nutans subsp. nutansHypochaeris radicataSalix alba subsp. coeruleatanacetum partheniumLamium galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLysimachia vulgarisPilosella officinarumTrifolium mediumViola rivinianaViola hirtaRanunculus flammulaViola arvensisGeranium dissectumPulicaria dysentericaMalus domesticaCirsium heterophyllumScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisRubus fruticosusGeranium pyrenaicumSalix cinereaDipsacus fullonumGeranium pratenseErysimum cheiriCirsium arvenseSolidago canadensisVicia villosa subsp. villosaTrifolium repens subsp. repensTrifolium dubiumSalix auritaVicia sylvaticaLinaria vulgarisRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusMyosotis scorpioides subsp. scorpioides
Sources & Data Origin
•European & Maghreb Butterfly Traits — CC0European & Maghreb Butterfly Trait data v1.2, Dryad DOI 10.5061/dryad.6m905qfx6.
•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•Seifert & Fiedler (2023) — Macroecological patterns in European butterflies unveil strong interrelations between larval diet breadth, latitudinal range size, and voltinism [Dataset]. Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9zw3r22mp (CC0)
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