(Linnaeus 1758) |
(Linnaeus 1758) |
(Linnaeus 1758) |
(Linnaeus 1758) |
(Linnaeus 1758) |
Nymphalidae - Daninae |
Nymphalidae - Daninae |
Nymphalidae - Daninae |
Nymphalidae - Daninae |
Nymphalidae - Daninae |
The Monarch |
The Monarch |
The Monarch |
The Monarch |
The Monarch |
Danaus plexippus |
Danaus plexippus |
Danaus plexippus |
Danaus plexippus |
Danaus plexippus |
59.001 BF |
59.001 BF |
59.001 BF |
59.001 BF |
59.001 BF |
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UK Status: Rare Vagrant.
Wing Span: 76mm to 86mm.
Flight Period: Most of the
year within it's range.
Habitat:
The butterfly is a strong flier, and
migratory and can be seen any where within its range.
Comment: A fairly
common resident to most of North America, from south of the Hudson Bay,
through to South America.
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(Linnaeus 1767) |
(Linnaeus 1767) |
(Linnaeus 1767) |
(Linnaeus 1767) |
(Linnaeus 1767) |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Wall Brown |
Wall Brown |
Wall Brown |
Wall Brown |
Wall Brown |
Lasiommata mergera |
Lasiommata mergera |
Lasiommata mergera |
Lasiommata mergera |
Lasiommata mergera |
59.002 BF |
59.002 BF |
59.002 BF |
59.002 BF |
59.002 BF |
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(Linnaeus 1758) |
(Linnaeus 1758) |
(Linnaeus 1758) |
(Linnaeus 1758) |
(Linnaeus 1767) |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Speckled Wood |
Speckled Wood |
Speckled Wood |
Speckled Wood |
Wall Brown |
Pararge aegeria |
Pararge aegeria |
Pararge aegeria |
Pararge aegeria |
Lasiommata mergera |
59.003 BF |
59.003 BF |
59.003 BF |
59.003 BF |
59.002 BF |
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UK Status: Resident.
Wing Span: 46mm to 56mm.
Flight Period: April to
September, in two, or three broods.
Habitat: Wood
rides, and glades, also in parks, gardens, open wood area's.
Comment:
Common in England, Wales, Ireland
and some northern parts of Scotland. Has made a remarkable
come back over the last four decades.
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UK Status: Resident.
Wing Span: 45mm to 53mm.
Flight Period: May and
June, again in July to September.
Habitat:
Open grassy areas like cliffs, disused
railways and such places.
Comment: In England, Wales and south Scotland. It
is fairly common
around our coast, in the midlands and the south,
the Wall is on the decline.
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(Linnaeus 1758) |
(Linnaeus 1758) |
(Linnaeus 1758) |
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Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
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Small Heath |
Small Heath |
Small Heath |
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Coenonympha pamphilus |
Coenonympha pamphilus |
Coenonympha pamphilus |
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59.005 BF |
59.005 BF |
59.005 BF |
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UK Status: Resident.
Wing Span: 33mm to 37mm.
Flight Period: May and
June, again July to September.
Habitat:
Habitats are most open places where food
plants grow such as, waste ground, pastures, hedgerows, commons etc.
Comment: Common in England, Wales, Scotland, and is fairly wide spread
in Ireland.
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Spare slot for
expansion |
Spare slot for expansion
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(Boisduval 1833) |
(Boisduval 1833) |
(Boisduval 1833) |
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Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae |
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The Ringlet |
The Ringlet |
The Ringlet |
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Aphantopus hyperantus |
Aphantopus hyperantus |
Aphantopus hyperantus |
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59.009 BF |
59.009 BF |
59.009 BF |
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UK Status: Resident.
Wing Span: 42mm to 52mm
Flight Period: June to
August.
Habitat:
Grassy area's like hedgerows, edges of
woods, and clearings, and many other lightly shaded, and open area's
with small tree's and shrubs.
Comment: Common
in England, Wales, Ireland and most of Scotland. After having declined
for many years, made a come back, spreading north.
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Spare slot for expansion
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