Butterfly species list

The abundance measure is from butterfly walks round campus between 1990-1995. Rare = 0-9, Occasional = 10-49, Frequent = 50-199, Common = 200+ sightings. Abundance of each species varies during the year and from year to year. Some species can also form very localised distributions for example there were several Painted Ladies in the bushes outside the Venables building but they were not seen at all on the standardised walks.

Species	Abundance
Small Skipper	Frequent
Essex Skipper	Occasional
Large Skipper	Occasional
Brimstone	Occasional
Large White	Common
Small White	Common
Green-veined White	Common
Orange Tip	Frequent
Small Copper	Rare
Brown Argus	Rare
Common Blue	Frequent
Holly Blue	Occasional
Red Admiral	Occasional
Painted Lady	Rare
Small Tortoishell	Frequent
Peacock	Frequent
Comma	Occasional
Speckled Wood	Common
Wall	Occasional
Gatekeeper	Common
Meadow Brown	Common
Ringlet	Rare
Small Heath	Rare

Thanks to John Murray for providing the information on butterfly species.

Contact email

M.E.Dodd@open.ac.uk

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