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SPECIES INFORMATION AND FIRST SIGHTINGS FOR 2005

This table shows the earliest sightings of resident and migratory species in the West Midlands region.

Click here to compare this year with 2004.

Click here to compare this year with 2003.

 

Click on the name to see further information about each species on the Butterfly Conservation website.
The information page also has a link to the National Biodiversity Network Gateway where you can
see a distribution atlas for each species.

Mail your local sightings to njstone@hotmail.com


Vernacular name Scientific name First sighting Location Seen By
Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon      
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris 03/07/05 Chaddesley Woods Steve Harper
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola 15/07/05 Chaddesley Woods Steve Harper
Lulworth Skipper Thymelicus acteon      
Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma      
Large Skipper Ochlodes venata 05/06/05 Monkwood Richard Southwell
Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages 07/05/05 Pensnett Trading Estate Richard Southwell
Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae 08/05/05 Honeybourne Trevor Bucknall
Swallowtail Papilio machaon      
Wood White Leptidea sinapis 14/05/05 Haugh Wood Jeff Andrews
Clouded Yellow Colias croceus      
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni 18/03/05 Crossway Green Mike Southall
Large White Pieris brassicae 27/03/05 Womborne Anita Ferguson
Small White Pieris rapae 02/04/05 Near Worcester Rugby Club Mike Southall
Green-veined White Pieris napi 24/04/05 Grafton Wood Richard Southwell
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines 26/03/05 Worcester Rugby Club Trevor Bucknall
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi 22/04/05 Cannock Chase, Erratic Boulder John and Pam Bennett

 
Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae      
Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus quercus 11/07/05 Chaddesley Woods Steve Harper
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album      
Black Hairstreak Satyrium pruni      
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas 12/05/05 Womborne Anita Ferguson
Small Blue Cupido minimus      
Silver-studded Blue Plebeius argus 23/06/05 Prees Heath Richard Southwell
Brown Argus Aricia agestis      
Northern Brown Argus Aricia artaxerxes      
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus 15/05/05 Pennyhill Bank Trevor Bucknall
Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon      
Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus      
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus 21/04/05 Penn, Wolverhampton Phil Hopson
Large Blue Maculinea arion      
Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina      
White Admiral Limenitis camilla 19/06/05 Knightsgrove Wood Trevor Bucknall
Purple Emperor Apatura iris      
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 06/01/05 Newcastle under Lyme James Hill
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 06/06/05 Torton, Worcs Mike Southall
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae 06/03/05 Oldacre Valley, Cannock Chase John and Pam Bennett
Peacock Inachis io 18/03/05 Redditch Nigel Stone
Comma Polygonia c-album 18/03/05 Crossway Green Mike Southall
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene 07/06/05 Cannock Chase Richard Southwell
Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne 06/05/05 Haugh Wood Jeff Andrews
High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe 19/06/05 Eastnor Trevor Bucknall
Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja      
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia 20/06/05 Wyre Forest Jenny Joy
Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia      
Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia      
Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia      
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria 11/04/05 Hall Green, Birmingham Alan Prior
Wall Lasiommata megera      
Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron      
Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops      
Marbled White Melanargia galathea 20/6/05 Poolhay meadow, Corse Lawn Trevor Bucknall
Grayling Hipparchia semele      
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus 08/07/05 High Onn, Staffs Steve Harper
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina 07/08/05 Common Hill, Fownhope Jeff Andrews
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus 20/06/05 Wyre Forest Jenny Joy
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus 11/06/05 Ewyas Harold Common Jeff Andrews
Large Heath Coenonympha tullia 26/06/05 Wem Moss Trevor Bucknall
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