Charlie Pridham wrote:


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google for images of
"brimstone butterfly"
In Ireland (and UK) you get just one species: "the" brimstone.
No idea how many species you get elsewhere.

THe Irish Brimstones are actually slightly different.



Thanks for that, but Brimstones we get here abouts occasionally so I know
what that looks like, so unless there are different sorts on Madeira I do
not think its that. I had wondered about the Clouded Yellows which seem to
be migratory but as I have never seen one am not sure of the size and the
also seem to be described with more black markings than those we saw.


There is a different kind of Brimstone that is found on Madeira
It is the Madeiran Cleopatra.


Gonepteryx cleopatra maderensis

The Brimstone is Gonepteryx rhamni


Neil Jones
http://www.butterflyguy.com/