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Lepidoptera First Sightings from 2020 to 2024
Species
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
Dingy Skipper
09/05
15/05
30/04
12/05
23/04
Grizzled Skipper
09/05
20/05
30/04
20/04
15/04
Chequered Skipper
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Essex Skipper
01/07
06/07
08/07
24/06
Small Skipper
25/06
23/06
30/06
15/06
Lulworth Skipper
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Silver-spotted Skipper
17/08
05/08
26/07
20/07
Large Skipper
04/06
28/05
12/06
21/05
Swallowtail
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Wood White
26/05
27/05
03/06
21/05
Orange-tip
11/04
08/04
11/04
17/04
04/04
Large White
30/04
20/05
25/04
18/04
10/04
Small White
11/04
07/04
18/03
04/04
25/03
Green-veined White
12/04
01/05
11/04
19/04
06/04
Clouded Yellow
n/a
22/07
n/a
14/09
Brimstone
16/03
18/03
27/02
24/02
16/03
Duke of Burgundy
16/05
09/05
01/06
n/a
Small Copper
09/05
15/05
30/04
02/05
23/04
Brown Hairstreak
01/08
15/08
10/08
29/07
Purple Hairstreak
17/07
01/07
09/07
22/06
Green Hairstreak
30/04
16/05
30/04
12/05
23/04
White-letter Hairstreak
25/06
03/07
11/07
24/06
Black Hairstreak
12/06
13/06
15/06
31/05
Small Blue
15/05
17/05
27/05
18/05
Holly Blue
11/04
03/04
15/04
20/04
07/04
Large Blue
16/06
n/a
08/07
15/06
Silver-studded Blue
n/a
n/a
26/06
13/06
Brown Argus
15/05
09/05
12/05
07/05
Northern Brown Argus
n/a
23/06
n/a
n/a
Common Blue
20/05
09/05
27/05
07/05
Adonis Blue
07/06
28/05
02/06
20/05
Chalk Hill Blue
13/07
10/07
19/07
07/07
Silver-washed Fritillary
26/06
15/06
05/07
15/06
Dark Green Fritillary
15/06
12/06
01/07
01/06
High Brown Fritillary
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
n/a
23/06
n/a
n/a
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
21/06
21/06
n/a
n/a
Marsh Fritillary
25/05
17/05
19/05
09/05
Glanville Fritillary
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Heath Fritillary
21/06
n/a
n/a
n/a
Red Admiral
30/04
09/05
21/03
27/05
21/04
Painted Lady
28/05
17/05
12/05
n/a
Peacock
18/02
18/03
19/03
09/03
16/03
Small Tortoiseshell
30/03
18/03
17/03
09/03
23/03
Comma
21/03
17/03
22/03
09/03
06/03
White Admiral
26/06
01/07
14/07
22/06
Purple Emperor
26/06
01/07
05/07
02/07
Speckled Wood
12/04
20/04
05/04
19/04
06/04
Wall Brown
07/06
20/08
24/08
n/a
Large Heath
n/a
20/06
n/a
n/a
Small Heath
09/05
16/05
09/05
19/05
05/05
Gatekeeper
25/06
29/06
10/07
01/07
Ringlet
21/06
12/06
24/06
15/06
Meadow Brown
04/06
28/05
14/06
26/05
Mountain Ringlet
n/a
22/06
n/a
n/a
Scotch Argus
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Marbled White
11/06
10/06
24/06
05/06
Grayling
n/a
23/06
11/08
05/08