Brandon Marsh Butterflies

This butterfly list is compiled from the Brandon Marsh Reports published by the Brandon Marsh Voluntary Conservation Team

No. Species Name Latin Name Year
1
Small skipper
Thymelicus sylvestris
2009
2
Essex Skipper
Thymelicus lineola
2004
3
Large skipper
Ochlodes venata
2009
4
Clouded Yellow
Colias crocea
2009
5
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
2009
6
Large white
Pieris brassicae
2009
7
Small white
Pieris rapae
2009
8
Green-veined white
Pieris napi
2009
9
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
2009
10
Small copper
Lycaena phlaeas
2009
11
Brown Argus
Plebeius agestis
2009
12
Common blue
Polyommatus icarus
2009
13
Holly blue
Celastrina argiolus
2009
14
Camberwell Beauty
Nymphalis antiopa
2002
15
White Admiral
Ladoga camilla
1985
16
Red admiral
Vanessa atalanta
2009
17
Painted lady
Vanessa cardui
2009
18
Small tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
2009
19
Peacock
Inachis io
2009
20
Comma
Polygonia c-album
2009
21
Wall Brown
Lasiommata megera
2001
22
Speckled wood
Pararge aegeria
2009
23
Marbled White
Melanargia galathea
2009
24
Gatekeeper
Pyronia tithonus
2009
25
Meadow brown
Maniola jurtina
2009
26
Small Heath
Coenonympha pamphilus
2009
27
Ringlet
Aphantopus hyperantus
2009
28
Purple Hairstreak
Neozephyrus quercus
2009
29
White-letter Hairstreak
Satyrium w-album
2003