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SPECIES INFORMATION AND FIRST SIGHTINGS FOR 2007

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

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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      
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola      
Lulworth Skipper Thymelicus acteon      
Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma      
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus 03/06/07 Bateswood nature reserve near Scot Hay Gavin Woodman
Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages 21/04/07 Llanymynech Rocks Stephen Lewis
Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae 15/04/07 Fenny Compton Phil Parr
Swallowtail Papilio machaon      
Wood White Leptidea sinapis      
Clouded Yellow Colias croceus      
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni 06/03/07 Grafton Wood John Tilt
Large White Pieris brassicae 15/04/07 Alvechurch Marina Richard Southwell
Malcolm Chilvers
Small White Pieris rapae 26/03/07 Northwick, Worcs Trevor Bucknall
Green-veined White Pieris napi 07/04/07 Swynnerton Old Park Gavin Woodman
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines 02/04/07   Hole-in-the-Wall, Ross   Phyllis King
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi 13/03/07 Cannock Chase Jim Cresswell
John Tilt
Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae      
Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus quercus      
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album      
Black Hairstreak Satyrium pruni      
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas 30/04/07 Netherton Hill, Dudley Richard Southwell
Small Blue Cupido minimus      
Silver-studded Blue Plebeius argus      
Brown Argus Plebeius agestis      
Northern Brown Argus Plebeius artaxerxes      
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus 28/04/07 Pensnett Trading Estate,
Dudley		 Richard Southwell
Anita Ferguson
Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon      
Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus      
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus 01/04/07 Stourport Robert Williams
Large Blue Glaucopsyche arion      
Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina      
White Admiral Limenitis camilla      
Purple Emperor Apatura iris      
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 12/01/07 Coventry Keith Livings
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui 31/03/07 Birchwood, Herefordshire Cherry Greenway
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae 03/02/07 Norchard, Worcs
Moseley, Birmingham		 Mike Southall
Keith Livings
Peacock Inachis io 06/03/07 Grafton Wood John Tilt
Comma Polygonia c-album 06/03/07 Knapp Reserve Garth Lowe
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene      
Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne 25/04/07 Wyre Forest Geoff Williams
High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe      
Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja      
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia      
Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia      
Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia      
Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia      
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria 14/03/07 Siden Hill Wood, Warks Raymond Parker
Wall Lasiommata megera      
Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron      
Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops      
Marbled White Melanargia galathea      
Grayling Hipparchia semele      
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus      
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina 03/06/07 Bateswood nature reserve near Scot Hay Gavin Woodman
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus      
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus 03/06/07 Bateswood nature reserve near Scot Hay Gavin Woodman
Large Heath Coenonympha tullia      
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