Butterflies

Most of the butterflies listed here will be seen every year. The Clouded Yellow is a migrant species which only reaches us in hot summers. 

The grassland species such as the Marbled White and Small Heath are unpredictable and probably breed nearby, but not on our site. 

List compiled by Gerard Ledger, August 2015.

 Common Name Scientific Name
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni 
Orange Tip Anthocaris cardamines
Holly Blue Celastrina argioolus 
Small White Pieris rapae 
Large White Pieris brassicae 
Green Veined White Pieris napi 
Small Tortoishell Aglais urticae 
Peacock Inachis io 
Comma Polygonia c-album 
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria 
Hedge Brown Pyronia tithonus 
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina 
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus 
  
OCCASIONAL VISITORS 
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus 
Marbled White Melanargia galathea 
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris 
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus 
Small copper  Lycaena phlaeas 
Clouded Yellow Colias croceus