CYPRUS BUTTERFLY RECORDING SCHEME (CBRS) PHENOGRAM YTD 2010 GREEN: CBRS Records for current year © Eddie John - email: [email protected] ORANGE: Aggregated CBRS Flight Periods reported from 2000 GREY: Rare migrant or extinct species (Makris 2003 1) MONTH AND YEAR TO DATE J F M A M J J A S O N D Yr Swallowtail ( Papilio machaon ) √
Eastern Festoon ( Zerynthia cerisyi ) √
Large White ( Pieris brassicae ) √
Small White ( Pieris rapae ) √
Black-veined White ( Aporia crataegi ) √
Eastern Bath White ( Pontia daplidice ) √
Small Bath White ( Pontia chloridice ) √
Eastern Dappled White ( Euchloe ausonia ) √
Orange Tip ( Anthocharis cardamines ) √ 2 Clouded Yellow ( Colias crocea) √
African Migrant ( Catopsilia florella )
Cleopatra ( Gonepteryx cleopatra ) √
Plain Tiger ( Danaus chrysippus ) √
Nettle-tree Butterfly ( Libythea celtis )
Two-tailed Pasha ( Charaxes jasius ) √
Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta ) √
Large Tortoiseshell ( Nymphalis polychloros )
Painted Lady ( Vanessa cardui ) √
Red Admiral ( Vanessa atalanta ) √
Cardinal ( Argynnis pandora) √
Cyprus Grayling ( Hipparchia cypriensis ) √
Eastern Rock Grayling ( Hipparchia syriaca ) √
The Hermit ( Chazara briseis ) √ 3 √ Great Steppe Grayling (Chazara persephone ) ? ? ?
White-banded Grayling ( Pseudochazara anthelea ) √
Cyprus Meadow Brown ( Maniola cypricola ) √
Oriental Meadow Brown ( Hyponephele lupina ) √
Speckled Wood ( Pararge aegeria ) √
Large Wall Brown ( Lasiommata maera ) √
Wall Brown ( Lasiommata megera ) √
African Ringlet ( Ypthima asterope ) √
Lattice Brown ( Kirinia roxelana ) √
Levantine Leopard ( Apharitis acamas )
Purple Hairstreak ( Favonia quercus ) √
Pomegranate Hairstreak ( Deudorix livia )
Small Copper ( Lycaena phlaeas ) √
Lesser Fiery Copper ( Lycaena thersamon ) √
Long-tailed Blue ( Lampides boeticus ) √
Lang’s Short-tailed Blue ( Leptotes pirithous ) √
Little Tiger Blue ( Tarucus balkanicus ) √
African Babul Blue ( Azanus jesous )
African Grass Blue ( Zizeeria karsandra ) √
Holly Blue ( Celastrina argiolus ) √
Paphos Blue ( Glaucopsyche paphos ) √
Eastern Baton Blue ( Pseudophilotes vicrama ) √
Small Desert Blue ( Chilades galba ) √
Grass Jewel ( Chilades trochylus ) √
Brown Argus ( Aricia agestis ) √
Common Blue ( Polyommatus icarus ) √
Mallow Skipper ( Carcharodus alceae ) √
Lulworth Skipper ( Thymelicus acteon ) √
Pigmy Skipper ( Gegenes pumilio ) √
Millet Skipper ( Pelopidas thrax ) √ MONTH LY AND YEAR TO DATE TOTALS : 1 2 15 2 5 3 6 3 6 3 5 2 8 2 4 30 19 18 10 47 POTENTIAL SPECIES’ SIGHTINGS IN EACH MONTH / YEAR : 17 22 34 44 49 48 43 38 41 39 32 20 53 % ACTUAL v POTENTIAL SIGHTINGS: 71 68 74 82 71 73 65 63 73 49 56 50 89
1 Makris, C. 2003. Butterflies of Cyprus . Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia. 2 Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow ( Colias erate ) removed from Cyprus list. Ref: John, E., Coutsis, J.G. & Makris, C. 2006. A review of records for Colias erate Esper, [1805]) (Lep.: Papilionoidea Pieridae) in Cyprus: were they all yellow forms of Colias croceus (Geoffroy, 1785)? Entomologist’s Gaz . 57 : 3-12. 3 Great Steppe Grayling (Chazara persephone ) added to the Cyprus list. Ref: John, E., Haines, D. H. & Haines, H. M., xxxx. Chazara persephone (Hübner, 1803) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) - has the species retained a secretive presence in Cyprus for one hundred years? Entomologist's Gazette In press.