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The Moor Green Lakes Butterfly Species List

 

This table shows the average annual occurrence of each species of Butterfly recorded at Moor Green Lakes between 2000 and 2008: A = 1, = 2 to 5, = 6 to 20, = 21 to 100, = 100 to 500.  For species which have not been recorded annually, the number of years it has occurred is in brackets.

 

The bar chart shows the recorded flight periods. The boarder bar indicate months when more than 10% of the annual records occur, the narrow bar signifies less than 10% of the annual records or less than 5 individuals have been recorded.

 

 

Status

Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Small Skipper

(Thymelicus sylvestris)

C

     


     

Essex Skipper

(Thymelicus lineola)

C(8)      


     

Large Skipper

(Ochiodes venata)

D      


     

Clouded Yellow

(Colias crocea)

B(3)      



   

Brimstone

(Gonepteryx rhamni)

D







 

Large White

(Pieris brassicae)

D







 

Small White

(Pieris rapae)

D








   
Green-veined White (Pieris napi) C






   
Orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines) D  


         
Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) B(5)  

           
Purple Hairstreak (Quercusia guercus) B(8)  

           
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) C(6)    





 
Common Blue (Polyommatus Icarus) C
 




   
Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) C(8)  




     
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) D







 
Painted Lady (Cynthia cardui) B(8)
   



   
Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) C






   
Peacock (lnachis io) D






   
Comma (Polygonia c-album) D







 
Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) A(1)      
         
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) D  







Grayling (Hipparchia semele) A(2)          

   
Gatekeeper (Pyonia tithonus) E    


       

Meadow Brown

(Maniola jurtina) E      


     
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) B(5)      


     
Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) B(4)      

       
Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) D      


     

Status

Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov


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