List of Species in the Taxonomic Group: Invertebrates - Butterflies
These are the Invertebrates - Butterflies that have ever been recorded in Plumpton and East Chiltington.
This is based on the data kindly supplied by the Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre. in January 2023.
Species | Scientific Name | Last Record Date | Record Count |
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Adonis Blue | Polyommatus bellargus | 1996 - 2000 | 40 |
Brimstone | Gonepteryx rhamni | 15/04/2022 | 170 |
Brown Argus | Aricia agestis | 23/08/2012 | 90 |
Brown Hairstreak | Thecla betulae | 06/10/2021 | 22 |
Chalk Hill Blue | Polyommatus coridon | 03/08/2009 | 127 |
Clouded Yellow | Colias croceus | 09/08/2020 | 27 |
Comma | Polygonia c-album | 25/06/2022 | 139 |
Common Blue | Polyommatus icarus | 18/07/2020 | 266 |
Dark Green Fritillary | Speyeria aglaja | 29/07/2019 | 19 |
Dingy Skipper | Erynnis tages | 14/06/1996 | 58 |
Essex Skipper | Thymelicus lineola | 21/08/2012 | 8 |
Gatekeeper | Pyronia tithonus | 29/08/2021 | 213 |
Green Hairstreak | Callophrys rubi | 18/06/2014 | 41 |
Green-veined White | Pieris napi | 01/05/2021 | 59 |
Grizzled Skipper | Pyrgus malvae | 12/06/2021 | 19 |
Holly Blue | Celastrina argiolus | 14/04/2022 | 88 |
Large Skipper | Ochlodes sylvanus | 24/06/2014 | 87 |
Large Tortoiseshell | Nymphalis polychloros | 22/04/2006 | 1 |
Large White | Pieris brassicae | 22/07/2021 | 258 |
Marbled White | Melanargia galathea | 27/06/2022 | 170 |
Meadow Brown | Maniola jurtina | 25/06/2022 | 435 |
Orange-tip | Anthocharis cardamines | 15/04/2022 | 223 |
Painted Lady | Vanessa cardui | 21/06/2022 | 58 |
Peacock | Aglais io | 12/04/2022 | 174 |
Pearl-bordered Fritillary | Boloria euphrosyne | 1966 - 1977 | 2 |
Purple Emperor | Apatura iris | 13/07/2021 | 17 |
Purple Hairstreak | Favonius quercus | 01/09/2012 | 15 |
Red Admiral | Vanessa atalanta | 26/06/2022 | 210 |
Ringlet | Aphantopus hyperantus | 11/07/2021 | 115 |
Silver-spotted Skipper | Hesperia comma | 17/08/2018 | 53 |
Silver-washed Fritillary | Argynnis paphia | 18/07/2020 | 29 |
Small Blue | Cupido minimus | 23/06/2019 | 45 |
Small Copper | Lycaena phlaeas | 29/09/2020 | 52 |
Small Heath | Coenonympha pamphilus | 26/09/2021 | 213 |
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary | Boloria selene | 1966 - 1977 | 2 |
Small Skipper | Thymelicus sylvestris | 25/07/2021 | 73 |
Small Tortoiseshell | Aglais urticae | 15/04/2022 | 128 |
Small White | Pieris rapae | 15/04/2022 | 220 |
Speckled Wood | Pararge aegeria | 22/05/2022 | 262 |
Wall | Lasiommata megera | 31/07/2020 | 79 |
White Admiral | Limenitis camilla | 18/07/2021 | 33 | Total Species: 41 | Total number of records: 4,340 |