Parish Field Species

Butterflies

Category	Latin Name	Ken Price 1995-1999	Notes	Rob & Linda Nottage 1996-present	Notes
Butterfly	Thymelicus Sylvestris	Small Skipper		Small Skipper
Butterfly	Ochlodes Venata	Large Skipper		Large Skipper
Butterfly	Pyrgus Malvae	Grizzled Skipper	Like bare ground along the field slope, now overgrown
Butterfly	Eyrnnis Tages	Dingy Skipper	Like bare ground along the field slope, now overgrown
Butterfly	Colias Croceus	Clouded Yellow	Migrants, appear most years. One year saw 50 flying including a pale coloured form
Butterfly	Colias Hyale	Pale Clouded Yellow	Migrants, appear most years. One year saw 50 flying including a pale coloured form
Butterfly	Gonepteryx Rhamni	Brimstone		Brimstone
Butterfly	Pieris Brassicae	Large White		Large White
Butterfly	Pieris Rapae	Small White		Small White
Butterfly	Pieris Napi	Green-Veined White		Green-Veined White
Butterfly	Anthocharis Cardamines	Orange Tip
Butterfly	Lycanae Phlaeas	Small Copper		Small Copper
Butterfly	Polyommatus Icarus	Common Blue		Common Blue
Butterfly	Celastrina Argiolus	Holly Blue
Butterfly	Cynthia Cardui	Painted Lady		Painted Lady	50+ 3/8/1996
Butterfly	Aglais Urticae	Small Tortoiseshell		Small Tortoiseshell
Butterfly	Vanessa Atalanta	Red Admiral		Red Admiral
Butterfly	Inachis Io	Peacock		Peacock
Butterfly	Polygonia C-Album	Comma		Comma
Butterfly	Argynnis Adippe	High Brown Fritillary	Originally thought this was a Dark Green Fritillary- recently colonised Merthyr Mawr and Kenfig. But it was probabaly a High Brown Fritillary as a colony was found in this area.
Butterfly	Pararge Aegeria	Speckled Wood		Speckled Wood
Butterfly	Lasiommata Megera	Wall	Like bare ground along the field slope, now overgrown
Butterfly	Pyronia Tithonus	Gatekeeper		Gatekeeper
Butterfly	Menelargia Galathea	Marbled White	A couple arrived in two of the years. They do not breed here.
Butterfly	Maniola Jurtina	Meadow Brown		Meadow Brown
Butterfly	Aphantopus Hyperantus	Ringlet		Ringlet
Butterfly	Coenonympha Pamphilus	Small Heath	Although common elsewhere, only seen one in the field	Small Heath
Total	27

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