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. .