The original 'butter'fly

The day started with rain, but we did manage to find a dry and even sunny interval to have a walk in the woods near the home in Holland. And I did spot this butterfly as soon as we got out of the car. I didn't notice the bee until at home when looking through the pictures on the computer :-)

And then I wanted to know what this butterfly is called in English (in Dutch it's a Citroenvlinder , translated a 'lemon' butterfly).

Did you know that the Gonepteryx rhamni or Common Brimstone apparently gave the name to the word 'butterfly'? This is what it says on the UK Butterflies website: "It is commonly believed that the word “butterfly” is a derived from “butter-coloured fly” which is attributed to the yellow of the male Brimstone butterfly, the female being a much paler whitish-green. The Brimstone has a most exquisite wing shape, perfectly matching a leaf when roosting overnight or hibernating within foliage. This is one of the few species that hibernates as an adult and, as such, spends the majority of its life as an adult butterfly."

Thanks very much for you kind comments and stars for yesterday's blue hydrangea flowers :-)