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Network Rail said the butterfly, whose scientific name is Hamearis lucina, was a "rapidly declining species, and in 2010 the number of separate Duke of Burgundy butterfly colonies in the Chilterns ...
Hamearis lucina, the Duke of Burgundy, the only member of the genus Hamearis, is a European butterfly in the family Riodinidae. For many years, it was known as the "Duke of Burgundy fritillary", because the adult's chequered pattern is strongly reminiscent of "true" fritillaries of the family Nymphalidae .
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This is a list of species of butterfly with the common name fritillary.The term fritillary refers to the chequered markings on the wings, usually black on orange, and derives from the Latin fritillus, meaning "dice-box" (or, according to some sources, a "chequerboard"); the fritillary flower, with its chequered markings, has the same derivation. [1]
Barton Bushes (grid reference) is a 5.7-hectare (14-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1996. [1] [2]The site has local names being Barton Larches and Meadows Larches.
Black-veined white, Aporia crataegi Large white, Pieris brassicae Small white, Pieris rapae Green-veined white, Pieris napi Eastern Bath white, Pontia edusa Orange tip, Anthocharis cardamines
Euphyes dukesi, or Dukes' skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.It lives in the eastern United States and in a small portion of southern Ontario, Canada, in three distinct populations. [3]
The dukes' lands straddled the border areas between the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire and were divided into two groups of possessions. [5] In the south was the Duchy of Burgundy itself, and the neighbouring County of Burgundy (the modern Franche-Comté), a fief of the Empire.