Butterflies of Northamptonshire
The species of Butterfly regularly found in Northamptonshire | ||
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Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae Locally common Habitat: Meadows Brigstock CP |
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Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages Locally common Habitat: Grassland Brigstock CP |
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Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola Common Habitat: Flowery meadows Difficult to distinguish from Small Skipper |
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Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris Very common Habitat: Flowery grassland Difficult to distinguish from Essex Skipper |
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Large Skipper Ochlodes venata Very common Habitat: Meadows and woodland edges |
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Large White Pieris brassicae Very common Habitat: Most habitats Also known as Cabbage White |
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Small White Pieris rapae Very common Habitat: Most habitats |
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Green-veined White Pieris napi Very common Habitat: Most habitats Often mistaken for Small White |
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Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines Common Habitat: Most habitats |
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Clouded Yellow Colias crocea Migrant Habitat: Most open habitats Migrant from the continent Numbers vary from year to year but always uncommon |
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Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Common Habitat: Most habitats |
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Wood White Leptidea sinapis Locally uncommon Habitat: Forest clearings and woodland edges Feeble flight is distinctive Salcey Forest |
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Purple Emperor Apatura iris Locally uncommon Habitat: Oak woodland A large butterfly with a powerful flight, usually stays in the tree tops Hazelborough Forest, Fermyn Wood |
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White Admiral Ladoga camilla Locally common Habitat: Broad-leaved woodland Seen gliding through woodland glades on warm summer days Salcey Forest, Bucknall Wood, Fermyn Wood |
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Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae Very common Habitat: Most habitats Adults overwinter |
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Comma Polygonia c-album Common Habitat: Most habitats Two generations, the first is lighter in colour, adults overwinter |
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Painted Lady Cynthia cardui Regular summer visitor from North Africa Habitat: Most habitats Often on or near thistles |
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