SYSTEMATIC LIST OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF BEDDINGTON FARMLANDS

This list follows the British Wildlife Publishing’s The Butterflies of Britain and by Jeremy Thomas and Richard Lewington.

Common Name Scientific Name Conservation Beddington Farmlands Status Status

Small Skipper Thymelicus Uncertainty due to similarity of Essex sylvestris Skipper. June to August. Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola Abundant in grasslands. July to August. Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus Regular along wooded paths and borders and grasslands. June to August. Swallowtail Papilio machaon Vagrant. One record. Clouded Yellow Colias croceus Irregular/ near annual migrant in grasslands. Mainly July to October. Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Regular along wooded edges through spring to autumn. Mainly in Spring. Large White Pieris brassicae Common in variety of habitats. April to September. Small White Pieris rapae Common, mainly along wooded edges and paths. April to September. Green-veined Peiris napi Common, mainly along wooded edges White and paths. April to September. Orange-tip Anthocharis Regular along wooded paths. Mainly cardamines April to June. Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi Rare. May to June. Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae BAP Vagrant. July to September. species Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus Present most years along Oak borders. quercus July to August. White-letter Satyrium w-album BAP Small population on Irrigation Bridge in Hairstreak species Elm trees. June to July. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Irregular. April to September. Brown Argus Uncommon. April to September. Common Blue icarus Common in grasslands. Mainly late May to September. Polyommatus Vagrant. One record August 6th 2013 coridon Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus Common along wood edges and paths. April to September. Less in mid- summer. Camberwell Nymphalis antiopa Vagrant. One record. Beauty Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Common. Migrant. February to October. Hibernates on site. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Irregular migrant. Some years major influxes. April to October. Small Aglais urticae Common in variety of habitats. Spring Tortoiseshell to autumn. Peacock Inachis io Regular in variety of habitats. Spring to autumn. Hibernates on site. Comma Polygonia c-album Regular along wooded paths and borders. Spring to autumn. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Regular along wooded paths and borders. March to October. Marbled White Melanargia Regular in grasslands. June to August. galathea Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Common mainly along wooded paths. July to August. Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Abundant in grasslands. June to September. Ringlet Aphantopus Regular. Mainly along wooded hyperanthus paths/grassland transition. June to August. Small Heath Coenonympha Irregular in grasslands. April to pamphilus September.

31 species

References

Jeremy Thomas and Richard Lewington. The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland, British Wildlife Publishing , 2010