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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]
Green hairstreaks overwinter as pupae and are univoltine, having one generation of adult butterflies per year. The larva is recorded as feeding on Vaccinium myrtillus , Vaccinum uliginosum , Betula , Rubus idaeus , Vicia cracca , Trifolium medium , Calluna vulgaris , Frangula , Rhamnus , Ribes , Spiraea , Caragana , Chamaecytisus , Hedysarum ...
Colostygia olivata, beech-green carpet — north, west-central & south (localized) Colostygia multistrigaria , mottled grey — throughout Colostygia pectinataria , green carpet — throughout
The Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Vol. 7 Part 1 (Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae). Harley Books, Colchester, UK. 370p. Tomlinson, D. and R. Still, 2002. Britain's Butterflies. WildGuides, Old Basing, UK. 192p. Bracken for Butterflies Leaflet by Butterfly Conservation; Crory, Andrew ...
Butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) butterflies are common in Great Britain. List of butterflies of Great Britain;
Described and named Phalena plumata caudata by James Petiver in 1700, this was the first North American saturniid to be reported in the insect literature. [2] The initial Latin name, which roughly translates to "brilliant, feather tail", [9] was replaced when Carl Linnaeus described the species in 1758 in the tenth edition of Systema Naturae, and renamed it Phalaena luna, later Actias luna ...
This is a Neotropical brush-footed butterfly which was named for the mineral malachite, similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly's wings. Image credits: @dianamurguta #22 Morpho ...
The word fritillary refers to the checkered pattern of the butterfly's wings, which comes from the Latin word fritillus which means "dicebox". The name "Glanville" comes from the naturalist who discovered it, Lady Eleanor Glanville, [7] who was an eccentric 17th- and 18th-century English butterfly enthusiast – a very unusual occupation for a woman at that time.