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Flight times Status/ r v y t r g p b n l a a c o p u Regional e Butterfly e Habitat u u O N A J S J F M A M Day-flying moths Butter flies in decline Trend* If you see what looks like a butterfly on Exmoor but is Most British butterflies remain a cause for concern, Butte rf lies of Small Skipper L / D Grassy areas, woodland glades and rides not in the identification guide overleaf, it could be a with three-quarters of our native species in decline. Large Skipper Areas with long grass, scrubby areas, woodland rides L / D day-flying moth. Some of the more common ones you Four butterflies and over 60 moths became extinct Clouded Yellow M / NA Sunny, open, flowery meadows might come across are included below. last century. Butterfly Conservation aims to halt and Brimstone C / S Scrubby grassland, hedgerows, woodland rides or glades reverse these declines. Our vision is of a world rich EXMOOR Large White C / I Gardens and allotments There are a number of differences between most in butterflies for future generations to enjoy. Small White C / D Gardens, allotments and fields of Oil-seed Rape moths and butterflies, but there is no hard and fast National Park Green-veined white C / I Hedgerows, riverbanks and damp vegetation rule which separates them. In general moths are active Butterflies are beautiful and intrinsically valuable. Orange Tip C / I Damp, grassy habitats at night and butterflies are active during the day; Together with moths, their sensitivity to environmental Green Hairstreak L / I Moorland, heathland, chalk downland, woodland rides moths tend to hold their wings flat against their body change makes them valuable indicators of the health Pocket Guide Purple Hairstreak L / S Oak trees in mature woodland, parkland and hedgerows when resting, while butterflies tend to rest with wings of the countryside. Falling numbers are an early White-letter Hairstreak R / I Elm in hedgerows and woodland held vertically; and the antennae of butterflies tend to warning to all wildlife that cannot be ignored. Small Copper L / D Unimproved grassland, woodland rides and glades be clubbed, rather than the feathery tips of many Brown Argus R / D Heathland, woodland clearings, road verges, chalk grassland moths’ antennae. Common Blue C / D Sunny sheltered areas, woodland clearings, grassy areas Holly Blue C / D Hedgerows, woodland rides, gardens Cinnabar dark ground colour with strip of Red Admiral Sunny, open habitats, gardens, flower-rich areas M / I bright red along top of forewing. Painted Lady M / NA Dry, open, sunny areas Small Tortoiseshell C / D Sunny, open habitats Peacock C / I Sunny, open habitats, woodland rides and glades Comma C / D Open woodland, woodland edges, gardens Silver Y Small Pear l-bordered Fritillary R / D Woodland glades and clearings, damp grassland areas dull grey or brown, with central silver spots in the shape of a ‘Y’ High Brown Fritillary R / D Open, sunny bracken habitats Dark Green Fritillary L / D Open, sunny bracken habitats, moorland, woodland rides & clearings Silver-washed Fritillary L / I Sunny rides and glades in woodland, woody hedgerows Marsh Fritillary R / D Damp tussocky grassland (chalk downland in Dorset) Six Spot Burnet Heath Fritillary R / NA Sheltered heathland combes (on Exmoor), also coppiced woodland similar colouring to the Cinnabar moth, Speckled Wood C / I Woodland rides and glades, hedgerows, gardens but has much narrower forewings Wall L / D Short, open grassland, stony tracks, cliffs, quarries Marbled White L / S Unimproved grassland, flowery meadows Fritillaries guided walk in the Heddon Valley Grayling L / D Dry heathland, chalk or limestone grassland, quarries, coastal habitats Chimney Sweeper Gatekeeper C / D Hedgerows and woodland with wide sunny rides sooty black colour, with white Meadow Brown C / D Flowery open grassland areas, verges, woodland rides fringe at tip of forewing Butterfly monitoring is carried out to help us Ringlet C / I Tall grassland, woodland rides and glades understand what is happening to our butterflies, and Small Heath L - D Heathland, dry grassland, coastal dunes the data we collect helps us to direct our conservation resources where they are most needed. If you would Occasional/possible flight time * Status/Regional Trend: Burnet Companion Peak flight period (C) Common on Exmoor; (R) Rare on Exmoor; forewing pale grey-brown with bands of like to get involved with recording butterflies, please (L) Locally Common/Rare elsewhere; (M) Migrant; darker brown; yellow-brown to outer half get in touch with Butterfly Conservation (contact (D) Decline; (I) Increase; (S) Stable; (NA) Not assessed. of hindwing details are on the back of this guide). All moth photos by Mark Parsons.
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Flight times Status/ r v y t r g p b n l a a c o p u Regional e Butterfly e Habitat u u O N A J S J F M A M Day-flying moths Butter flies in decline Trend* If you see what looks like a butterfly on Exmoor but is Most British butterflies remain a cause for concern, Butte rf lies of Small Skipper L / D Grassy areas, woodland glades and rides not in the identification guide overleaf, it could be a with three-quarters of our native species in decline. Large Skipper Areas with long grass, scrubby areas, woodland rides L / D day-flying moth. Some of the more common ones you Four butterflies and over 60 moths became extinct Clouded Yellow M / NA Sunny, open, flowery meadows might come across are included below. last century. Butterfly Conservation aims to halt and Brimstone C / S Scrubby grassland, hedgerows, woodland rides or glades reverse these declines. Our vision is of a world rich EXMOOR Large White C / I Gardens and allotments There are a number of differences between most in butterflies for future generations to enjoy. Small White C / D Gardens, allotments and fields of Oil-seed Rape moths and butterflies, but there is no hard and fast National Park Green-veined white C / I Hedgerows, riverbanks and damp vegetation rule which separates them. In general moths are active Butterflies are beautiful and intrinsically valuable. Orange Tip C / I Damp, grassy habitats at night and butterflies are active during the day; Together with moths, their sensitivity to environmental Green Hairstreak L / I Moorland, heathland, chalk downland, woodland rides moths tend to hold their wings flat against their body change makes them valuable indicators of the health Pocket Guide Purple Hairstreak L / S Oak trees in mature woodland, parkland and hedgerows when resting, while butterflies tend to rest with wings of the countryside. Falling numbers are an early White-letter Hairstreak R / I Elm in hedgerows and woodland held vertically; and the antennae of butterflies tend to warning to all wildlife that cannot be ignored. Small Copper L / D Unimproved grassland, woodland rides and glades be clubbed, rather than the feathery tips of many Brown Argus R / D Heathland, woodland clearings, road verges, chalk grassland moths’ antennae. Common Blue C / D Sunny sheltered areas, woodland clearings, grassy areas Holly Blue C / D Hedgerows, woodland rides, gardens Cinnabar dark ground colour with strip of Red Admiral Sunny, open habitats, gardens, flower-rich areas M / I bright red along top of forewing. Painted Lady M / NA Dry, open, sunny areas Small Tortoiseshell C / D Sunny, open habitats Peacock C / I Sunny, open habitats, woodland rides and glades Comma C / D Open woodland, woodland edges, gardens Silver Y Small Pear l-bordered Fritillary R / D Woodland glades and clearings, damp grassland areas dull grey or brown, with central silver spots in the shape of a ‘Y’ High Brown Fritillary R / D Open, sunny bracken habitats Dark Green Fritillary L / D Open, sunny bracken habitats, moorland, woodland rides & clearings Silver-washed Fritillary L / I Sunny rides and glades in woodland, woody hedgerows Marsh Fritillary R / D Damp tussocky grassland (chalk downland in Dorset) Six Spot Burnet Heath Fritillary R / NA Sheltered heathland combes (on Exmoor), also coppiced woodland similar colouring to the Cinnabar moth, Speckled Wood C / I Woodland rides and glades, hedgerows, gardens but has much narrower forewings Wall L / D Short, open grassland, stony tracks, cliffs, quarries Marbled White L / S Unimproved grassland, flowery meadows Fritillaries guided walk in the Heddon Valley Grayling L / D Dry heathland, chalk or limestone grassland, quarries, coastal habitats Chimney Sweeper Gatekeeper C / D Hedgerows and woodland with wide sunny rides sooty black colour, with white Meadow Brown C / D Flowery open grassland areas, verges, woodland rides fringe at tip of forewing Butterfly monitoring is carried out to help us Ringlet C / I Tall grassland, woodland rides and glades understand what is happening to our butterflies, and Small Heath L - D Heathland, dry grassland, coastal dunes the data we collect helps us to direct our conservation resources where they are most needed. If you would Occasional/possible flight time * Status/Regional Trend: Burnet Companion Peak flight period (C) Common on Exmoor; (R) Rare on Exmoor; forewing pale grey-brown with bands of like to get involved with recording butterflies, please (L) Locally Common/Rare elsewhere; (M) Migrant; darker brown; yellow-brown to outer half get in touch with Butterfly Conservation (contact (D) Decline; (I) Increase; (S) Stable; (NA) Not assessed. of hindwing details are on the back of this guide). All moth photos by Mark Parsons.
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Flight times Status/ r v y t r g p b n l a a c o p u Regional e Butterfly e Habitat u u O N A J S J F M A M Day-flying moths Butter flies in decline Trend* If you see what looks like a butterfly on Exmoor but is Most British butterflies remain a cause for concern, Butte rf lies of Small Skipper L / D Grassy areas, woodland glades and rides not in the identification guide overleaf, it could be a with three-quarters of our native species in decline. Large Skipper Areas with long grass, scrubby areas, woodland rides L / D day-flying moth. Some of the more common ones you Four butterflies and over 60 moths became extinct Clouded Yellow M / NA Sunny, open, flowery meadows might come across are included below. last century. Butterfly Conservation aims to halt and Brimstone C / S Scrubby grassland, hedgerows, woodland rides or glades reverse these declines. Our vision is of a world rich EXMOOR Large White C / I Gardens and allotments There are a number of differences between most in butterflies for future generations to enjoy. Small White C / D Gardens, allotments and fields of Oil-seed Rape moths and butterflies, but there is no hard and fast National Park Green-veined white C / I Hedgerows, riverbanks and damp vegetation rule which separates them. In general moths are active Butterflies are beautiful and intrinsically valuable. Orange Tip C / I Damp, grassy habitats at night and butterflies are active during the day; Together with moths, their sensitivity to environmental Green Hairstreak L / I Moorland, heathland, chalk downland, woodland rides moths tend to hold their wings flat against their body change makes them valuable indicators of the health Pocket Guide Purple Hairstreak L / S Oak trees in mature woodland, parkland and hedgerows when resting, while butterflies tend to rest with wings of the countryside. Falling numbers are an early White-letter Hairstreak R / I Elm in hedgerows and woodland held vertically; and the antennae of butterflies tend to warning to all wildlife that cannot be ignored. Small Copper L / D Unimproved grassland, woodland rides and glades be clubbed, rather than the feathery tips of many Brown Argus R / D Heathland, woodland clearings, road verges, chalk grassland moths’ antennae. Common Blue C / D Sunny sheltered areas, woodland clearings, grassy areas Holly Blue C / D Hedgerows, woodland rides, gardens Cinnabar dark ground colour with strip of Red Admiral Sunny, open habitats, gardens, flower-rich areas M / I bright red along top of forewing. Painted Lady M / NA Dry, open, sunny areas Small Tortoiseshell C / D Sunny, open habitats Peacock C / I Sunny, open habitats, woodland rides and glades Comma C / D Open woodland, woodland edges, gardens Silver Y Small Pear l-bordered Fritillary R / D Woodland glades and clearings, damp grassland areas dull grey or brown, with central silver spots in the shape of a ‘Y’ High Brown Fritillary R / D Open, sunny bracken habitats Dark Green Fritillary L / D Open, sunny bracken habitats, moorland, woodland rides & clearings Silver-washed Fritillary L / I Sunny rides and glades in woodland, woody hedgerows Marsh Fritillary R / D Damp tussocky grassland (chalk downland in Dorset) Six Spot Burnet Heath Fritillary R / NA Sheltered heathland combes (on Exmoor), also coppiced woodland similar colouring to the Cinnabar moth, Speckled Wood C / I Woodland rides and glades, hedgerows, gardens but has much narrower forewings Wall L / D Short, open grassland, stony tracks, cliffs, quarries Marbled White L / S Unimproved grassland, flowery meadows Fritillaries guided walk in the Heddon Valley Grayling L / D Dry heathland, chalk or limestone grassland, quarries, coastal habitats Chimney Sweeper Gatekeeper C / D Hedgerows and woodland with wide sunny rides sooty black colour, with white Meadow Brown C / D Flowery open grassland areas, verges, woodland rides fringe at tip of forewing Butterfly monitoring is carried out to help us Ringlet C / I Tall grassland, woodland rides and glades understand what is happening to our butterflies, and Small Heath L - D Heathland, dry grassland, coastal dunes the data we collect helps us to direct our conservation resources where they are most needed. If you would Occasional/possible flight time * Status/Regional Trend: Burnet Companion Peak flight period (C) Common on Exmoor; (R) Rare on Exmoor; forewing pale grey-brown with bands of like to get involved with recording butterflies, please (L) Locally Common/Rare elsewhere; (M) Migrant; darker brown; yellow-brown to outer half get in touch with Butterfly Conservation (contact (D) Decline; (I) Increase; (S) Stable; (NA) Not assessed. of hindwing details are on the back of this guide). All moth photos by Mark Parsons. Small Skipper Large Skipper Clouded Yellow Brimstone Thymelicus sylvestris Ochlodes sylvanus Colias croceus Gonepteryx rhamni Upper side solid orange, no mottling. Chequered pattern visible Rests with wings closed. When perched resembles Males have a curved ♂ on both sides of the wings. ♀ Mustard yellow with a leaf in shape and colour. line (sex brand) on ♀ The male has a prominent black ringed white mark in Upperside of the male the forewing. line (sex brand) on the centre of hindwing buttercup yellow, female pale Tips of antennae forewing. and black dot in lemon yellow. Central are orange. centre of forewing spot in both wings. ♀ ♂ Female can be ♂ confused with Large White in Please note: illustrations not to scale. Measurements (shown in yellow text ) are a guide to wing span. flight. Where two measurements are given this indicates the range: male to female. 30mm 33-35mm 57- 62mm 60mm
Large White Small White Green-veined White Orange Tip Green Hairstreak Purple Hairstreak Pieris brassicae Pieris rapae Pieris napi Anthocharis cardamines Callophrys rubi Favonius quercus Conspicuous black tips to the Black wing tips Veins visible on upperside but Green underside Underside grey with white streak and Male forewing tips bright upperside of the forewing (but less extensive most conspicuous on distinguishes this small tail. Orange eye spots on orange, female wing tips extending about half way than on Large underside, green on pale butterfly from hindwing. Females have purple flash on ♀ black. Underside of hindwing ♀ down the wing White). yellow background. all other ♂ forewing, male wings are purple with edge. ♂ mottled green. British black edges. Fly mainly in the canopy butterflies. of oak trees. ♂ 48mm First brood (May) is Males have a single Upperside smaller and paler than plain Females have black spot on its offspring (July brown, only double black upperside of 37-39mm onwards). seen in flight. dots on the forewing (unlike forewings. Large White); ♀ 63-70mm females have two. 50mm 45-50mm 33mm
White-letter Hairstreak Small Copper Brown Argus Common Blue Holly Blue Red Admiral Satyrium w-album Lycaena phlaeas Aricia agestis Polyommatus icarus Celastrina argiolus Vanessa atalanta Orange margin to underside of Coppery- Can be mistaken for female Male upperside bright Easily distinguished from Distinctive black, white and red hindwing and a distinctive ‘tail’ orange Common Blue. Upperside solid blue, females dusky Common Blue by markings on upperside; to wing shape. White line forewings brown ground colour without ♂ brown with blue distinctive silvery blue underside forewing mottled to straddles both wings with ’W’ with black blue scaling; lacks spots on scaling and orange underwing ♂ offer good camouflage. shape on hindwing. margins and underside forewing nearer markings to wing with black spots, brown than halfway to the margins. Markings on underside spots. Female hindwings with body. of forewing closer to body than upperwing with orange margins. Male smaller those on Brown Argus. broader black than female and forewings margin than 67-72mm more pointed. male.
36mm 32-35mm 29mm ♀ 35mm 35mm
Painted Lady Small Tortoiseshell Peacock Comma Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary High Brown Fritillary Vanessa cardui Aglais urticae Aglais io Polygonia c-album Boloria selene Argynnis adippe Upperside bright orange Orangey-red ground colour with Upperside orange with black Upperside chequered pattern of black Large, fast flying with black markings, a distinctive ‘eyes’ on the upperside of markings, distinctive scalloped markings on orange background. butterfly; bright orange white spot both wings. Underside almost black wing shape. Underside hindwing with large with chequered black and very well camouflaged. central black spot and margins markings. Underside Chequered orange and with 6 or 7 silver pearls hindwing, row of white spots brown markings with on the Underside bordered with black with black white spots in top half of forewing and blue mottled brown, chevrons. outline forewing. Freshly margins to both wings. 63-69mm with a white ringed in emerged butterflies Underside is dull and comma mark on brown, not present in similar salmon-pink, colour fading with well camouflaged. the hindwing. Can be confused with Dark Green Fritillary. time. Underside mottled and well camouflaged. Pearl-bordered Fritillary. 50-56mm 50-56mm 55-60mm 41-44mm 60-67mm
Dark Green Fritillary Silver-washed Fritillary Marsh Fritillary Heath Fritillary Speckled Wood Wall Argynnis aglaja Argynnis paphia Euphydryas aurinia Melitaea athalia Pararge aegeria Lasiommata megera
The largest of Upperside with yellow, orange and A small and sedentary butterfly. Upperside deep brown with Similar to a fritillary, distinguished by the the fritillary brown chequered markings. Upperside chequered pattern creamy-yellow markings on ‘eye’ spot on the forewings and three or butterflies. Females larger and paler of brown and orange markings, both wings. Three black eye four ‘eye’ spots on the hindwing. Males richer than males males brighter orange than spots with white Underside dull, mottled brown, orange, with four ♀ females, and generally smaller. pupils on ‘eye’ spots visible. black sex brands (thickened hindwing, Very similar to High Brown veins) on the forewing. Underside one on forewing. Underside Fritillary. Differs on ♂ of both sexes with silver mottled pale brown. underside with distinctive washes or streaks. green wash and absence of brown-ringed spots. 63-69mm 72-76mm 42-48mm 47-50mm 47-50mm 44-46mm
Marbled White Grayling Gatekeeper Meadow Brown Ringlet Small Heath Melanargia galathea Hipparchia semele Pyronia tithonus Maniola jurtina Aphantopus hyperantus Coenonympha pamphilus Distinctive black and white markings. Underside Usually rests with Distinguished from the similar Males chocolate brown with Usually rests with wings pattern similar on both sexes, hindwing black on wings closed. Meadow Brown orange-ringed ‘eye’ spot on male and browny yellow on female. closed. Smaller and paler than Underside dull by orange colouring on forewing; females with ‘eye’ other brown butterflies. brown and well upperside of both spot and splash of orange on Underside of forewing pale camouflaged, forewing and forewing. orange with black ‘eye’ spot. two prominent hindwing. White spots Underside with ♀ Upperside dark brown ‘eye’ spots on on underside prominent ‘eye’ spots (female paler than the forewing hindwing (black on on forewing and two male), with white visible on Meadow Brown). small black spots fringe. Several ‘eye’ ♂ underside. noticeable on hindwing. spots on upper and underside. 53-58mm 55-60mm 40-47mm 50-55mm 48-52mm 34-38mm