Butterfly Species
The following is a list of all the species of Butterflies recorded as having occured around all 10 sections of the Emm Brook.
The FOTEB list currently stands at 22 species. The latest species added was an Essex Skipper on 10.07.11 This is not a definitive checklist. The species listed here are those for which we have records on the wildlife database held by FOTEB.
If anyone has records they'd like to include, please contact me and I will insert and acknowledge them accordingly.
These lists are being constantly updated as new species are identified..
The"Area Seen" column refers to the 10 sections that the Brook has been split into for monitoring purposes (see Wildlife page). Butterflies
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| COMMON NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME | STATUS | AREA SEEN | FIRST SEEN | LAST SEEN | PHOTO |
| Skippers | Hesperiidae | |||||
| Small Skipper | Thymelicus sylvestris | Resident | 5,9 |  |
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| Essex Skipper | Thymelicus lineola | Resident | 5,9 | 10/07/11 |  |
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| Large Skipper | Ochlodes venatus | Resident | 5,9 |  |
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| Whites and Yellows | Pieridae | |||||
| Dark Clouded Yellow | Colias crocea | Migrant | 10,9 |  |
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| Common Brimstone | Gonepteryx rhamni | Resident | 5,9,10 | 09/03/17 |  |
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| Large White | Pieris brassicae | Resident | 5,9 |  |
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| Small White | Pieris rapae | Resident | 5,8,9,10 | 30/03/17 |  |
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| Green-veined White | Pieris napi | Resident | 5,9 |  |
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| Orange Tip | Anthocharis cardamines | Resident | 5,8,9,10 | 30/03/17 |  |
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| Hairstreaks, Coppers & Blues | Lycacenidae | |||||
| Small Copper | Lycaena phlaeas | Resident | 5,9 |  |
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| Brown Argus | Aricia agestis | Resident | 9 |  |
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| Common Blue | Polycommatus icarus | Resident | 5,9 |  |
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| Holly Blue | Celastrina argiolus | Resident | 7,5,9 | 01/04/17 |  |
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| Fritillaries,Nymphalidis & Browns | Nymphalidae | |||||
| Red Admiral | Vanessa atlanta | Resident | 5,9,10 | 30/03/17 |  |
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| Painted Lady | Vanessa cardui | Resident | 5,9 |  |
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| Small Tortoiseshell | Aglais urticae | Resident | 5,7,8,9,10 | 01/04/17 |  |
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| Peacock | Inachis io | Resident | 5,8,9,10 | 09/03/17 |  |
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| Comma | Polygonia c-album | Resident | 5,9 | 25/03/17 |  |
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| Speckled Wood | Pararge aegeria | Resident | 5,8,9,10 | 01/04/17 |  |
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| Marbled White | Melanargia galathea | Resident | 8,9 |  |
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| Gatekeeper | Pyronia tithonus | Resident | 5,9 |  |
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| Meadow Brown | Maniola jurtina | Resident | 2,5,8,9 |  |
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| Ringlet | Aphantopus hyperantus | Resident | 5,8,9 |  |