Species Detail - Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Irish Butterfly Monitoring Scheme".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

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Gonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone
NHMSYS0000516380 UnverifiedUnverified
N/A
gorha
(Linnaeus, 1758)
insect - butterfly
Species
1611
53
27
27/04/2008
09/09/2020
12 January (recorded in 2021)
17 December (recorded in 2015)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Irish Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni), accessed 12 May 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/316/Species/77495>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)