Gonepteryx

Taxobox
name = "Gonepteryx"

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image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
subordo = Ditrysia
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Pieridae
subfamilia = Coliadinae
tribus = Gonepterygini
genus = "Gonepteryx"
genus_authority = Hübner, [1819]

"Gonepteryx" is a genus of butterfly in the Pieridae family. They live in Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. They are commonly known as brimstones for the bright yellow colot of the wings of most species.

It contains the following species:
* "Gonepteryx acuminata"
* "Gonepteryx amintha"
* "Gonepteryx aspasia" - Lesser Brimstone
* "Gonepteryx cleobule"
* "Gonepteryx cleopatra" - Cleopatra Butterfly
* "Gonepteryx eversi"
* "Gonepteryx farinosa"
* "Gonepteryx maderensis" - Madeira Brimstone
* "Gonepteryx mahaguru"
* "Gonepteryx maxima"
* "Gonepteryx nepalensis"
* "Gonepteryx palmae"
* "Gonepteryx rhamni" - Common Brimstone
* "Gonepteryx taiwana"