Orange brimstone
Gonepteryx amintha (Blanchard, 1871)
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
The orange brimstone (Gonepteryx amintha) is a species in the family Pieridae, order Lepidoptera.
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Quick facts about the orange brimstone
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the orange brimstone live?
Not recorded
Is the orange brimstone endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the orange brimstone classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyPieridae
- genusGonepteryx
- SpeciesGonepteryx amintha (Blanchard, 1871)
Synonyms Gonepteryx amintha murayamae, Gonepteryx amintha yunnanensis, Rhodocera amintha
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- タイワンヤマキチョウJapanese
- 紅點粉蝶Chinese
- 台灣山黃蝶Chinese
- 圆翅钩粉蝶Chinese
- 圓翅鉤粉蝶Chinese
- 橙翅鼠李蝶Chinese
- 臺灣山黃蝶Chinese
Relatives of the orange brimstone
Other species in the same genus Gonepteryx.

Common brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Cleopatra butterfly
Gonepteryx cleopatra
Lesser brimstone
Gonepteryx aspasia
Powdered brimstone
Gonepteryx farinosa
Lesser brimstone
Gonepteryx mahaguru
Madeira brimstone
Gonepteryx maderensis
CompareOrange brimstone vs Common brimstoneOrange brimstone vs Cleopatra butterflyOrange brimstone vs Lesser brimstoneOrange brimstone vs Powdered brimstone
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the orange brimstone?
The orange brimstone (Gonepteryx amintha) belongs to the family Pieridae in the order Lepidoptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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