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Painted Lady (Cynthia cardui)*
Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)*
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)*
Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)*
Comma (Polygonia c-album)*
The Wall (Lasiommata megera)*
Marbled white (Melanargia galathea serena)*
Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)*
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)*
Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)*
Gatekeeper(Pyronia tithonus)
(on Hebe, 8 August 2004)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atlanta)
(on sedum, 15 September 2008)
Peacock (inachis io) on crocus
(17 March 2005)
caterpillar
Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
(9 July 2006)*
Large White (Pieris brassicae) female - on sedum
(15 September 2008)
Large White (Pieris brassicae) male - on sedum
Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
(on nettle, 15 May 2005)*
(on teasel, 10 September 2008)*
Small White
(first brood - note the lack of markings)
(15 May 2005)*
We are grateful to Bob Eeles for his help in compiling the above list.
All of the butterflies on this list marked * were found in the vicinity of (Thrupp and Bullfield Lakes, Thrupp) during 2003 onwards.
Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Richard Lewington British Wildlife Publishing , Gillingham, Dorset, 2003 ISBN 0 9531399 1 3
Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland
Richard Lewington
British Wildlife Publishing , Gillingham, Dorset, 2003
ISBN 0 9531399 1 3
Butterflies and Moths in Britain and Europe David Carter Published by Heinemann, London, in association with the British Museum (Natural History) 1982 ISBN 434 10965 7
Butterflies and Moths in Britain and Europe
David Carter
Published by Heinemann, London, in association with the British Museum (Natural History) 1982
ISBN 434 10965 7
Butterflies Michael Chinery Published by Collins, Glasgow, 1995 ISBN 0 00 7178522
Butterflies
Michael Chinery
Published by Collins, Glasgow, 1995
ISBN 0 00 7178522
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