"Neil Jones" wrote in message
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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/

I think that's it, I couldn't get a decent picture from google images but
the description and location sounds spot on, many thanks, and Des my
apologies for doubting it being a brimstone!

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
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Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea