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The list comprises butterfly species listed in The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland by Emmet et al. [1] and Britain's Butterflies by Tomlinson and Still. [2] A study by NERC in 2004 found there has been a species decline of 71% of butterfly species between 1983 and 2003. [3]
This is a list of United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan species.Some suffer because of loss of habitat, but many are in decline following the introduction of foreign species, which out-compete the native species or carry disease.
Irish Butterflies; Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland; Butterfly Ireland; NHM Images of Ireland forms and subspecies on this site. Type Ireland into the search box. Wexford Naturalists' Field Club [permanent dead link ] Essex Skipper
In 2002 Plantlife conducted a "County Flowers" public survey to assign flowers to each of the counties of the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. [1] The results of this campaign designated a single plant species to a "county or metropolitan area" in the UK and Isle of Man. [2] Some English counties already had flowers traditionally associated with them before 2002, [3] and which were ...
Essex emerald moth (Thetidia smaragdaria maritima, a British subspecies) St Kilda house mouse (Mus musculus muralis, subspecies of the house mouse from St. Kilda) Large copper butterfly (Lycaena dispar dispar) Presumed British strain of the subspecies of the Old British/Irish black bee (Apis mellifera mellifera) Hieracium cambricogothicum
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Nymphalis antiopa, known as the mourning cloak in North America and the Camberwell beauty in Britain, is a large butterfly native to Eurasia and North America. The immature form of this species is sometimes known as the spiny elm caterpillar. [2]
The Wild Flower Key — How to identify wild plants, trees and shrubs in Britain and Ireland, 1981. [2] ISBN 0-723-22418-8 LCCN 81-163983 Revised by Clare O'Reilly, 2006. Frederick Warne. ISBN 0-7232-5175-4. Colour Identification Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and North Western Europe, 1989. Viking.