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Kent Butterflies Butterflies in Kingston, Kent |
Last updated – 13 August 2016
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Species |
Seen |
2015 |
Days |
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Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urtica) |
12 February |
2 January |
+41 |
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Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) |
24 March |
7 March |
+17 |
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Comma (Polygonia c-album) |
3 April |
24 April |
-21 |
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Peacock (Inachis io) |
10 April |
12 March |
+29 |
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Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) |
4 May |
13 April |
+21 |
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Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) |
4 May |
20 April |
+14 |
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Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) |
5 May |
11 May |
-6 |
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Green-veined White(Pieris napi) |
9 May |
4 May |
+5 |
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Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) |
20 June |
12 March |
+120 |
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Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) |
21 June |
15 June |
+6 |
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Large Skipper (Ochlodes venata) |
24 June |
29 June |
-5 |
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Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) |
30 June |
1 July |
-1 |
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Gatekeeper (Pyronia thithonus) |
1 July |
3 July |
-2 |
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Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) |
4 July |
15 June |
+19 |
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Large White (Pieris brassicae) |
4 July |
2 July |
+2 |
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Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) |
5 July |
1 July |
-4 |
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Small White (Pieris rapae) |
6 July |
23 April |
+74 |
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Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) |
12 August |
14 August |
-2 |
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Painted Lady (Cynthia cardui) |
|
7 June |
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Grayling (Hipparchia semele) |
|
14 August (note) |
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Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera) |
|
none seen |
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Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) |
|
none seen |
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White Admiral (Lodoga camilla) |
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none seen |
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Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) |
|
none seen |
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Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) |
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none seen |
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Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) |
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none seen |
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Notes:
This was the first ever sighting by me of a Grayling at Kingston (though I saw
them locally several years ago at Shepherdswell and
Folkestone Warren)
The above represents the list of all
butterfly species I have previously seen in Kingston