The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland |
Contents
RESIDENTS AND REGULAR | 8 |
SILVERSPOTTED Skipper | 20 |
PAPILIONIDAE | 31 |
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Adonis Blue ADULT JAN FEB ants APR MAY JUN areas AUG SEP OCT basking Black Hairstreak Black-veined White breeding Britain butterfly camouflaged caterpillar CATERPILLAR CHRYSALIS ADULT Caterpillar x2 Chalkhill Blue chrysalis CHRYSALIS ADULT JAN Chrysalis x12 Clouded Yellow colonies colour common Dorset edges EGG CATERPILLAR CHRYSALIS Egg x15 egg-laying emerge Essex Skipper eye-spots FEB MAR APR female flight flowers foodplant forewings grass grassland ground habitat Heath hibernate High Brown Fritillary hindwings Holly Blue horseshoe vetch insect JAN FEB MAR JUL AUG SEP JUN JUL AUG Laid singly leaf leaves LIFE-CYCLE EGG CATERPILLAR Lulworth Skipper Male upperside Marsh Fritillary mate Meadow Browns nest NOV DEC Male occur OCT NOV DEC patches perch plants populations pupate Purple Scotland seen SEP OCT NOV sexes sheltered Silver-studded Blue Skipper Small Skipper species specimens spots subspecies summer sunny survive tussocks underside vetch Wales warm wings woodland woods