Gonepteryx maderensis

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Madeira brimstone
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Gonepteryx
Species:
G. maderensis
Binomial name
Gonepteryx maderensis
Felder, 1862 [2]

Gonepteryx maderensis, the Madeira brimstone, is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is endemic to Madeira. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. van Swaay, C., Ellis, S. & Warren, M. (2025). "Gonepteryx maderensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2025: e.T39485A211437852. Retrieved 31 March 2025.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Felder, C. (1862). "Verzeichnis der von den Naturforschern der k.k. Fregatte "Novara" gesammelten Macrolepidopteren". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 12: 473–496.