Madeira brimstone
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.; Wynhoff, I.; Verovnik, R.; Wiemers, M.; López Munguira, M.; Maes, D.; Sasic, M.; Verstrael, T.; Warren, M.; Settele, J. (2010). "Gonepteryx maderensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T39485A10228166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T39485A10228166.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  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.


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