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First sightings of butterflies in Yorkshire reported via the website in 2008
for 2006 or 2007 click on the year

Vernacular name
Scientific name
First sighting
Approximate Location
Recorder
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
14.03.08
York (VC62)
Jim & Jesika Bone
Brown Argus Aricia agestis
Clouded Yellow Colias croceus
04.05.08
Middleton (VC62)
Terry Rowe
Comma Polygonia c-album
05.02.08
Bretton (VC63)
Steve Graham
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
07.05.08
Easingwold (VC62)
Richard Bennett
Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja
03.07.08
Kettlewell (VC64)
Paul Millard
Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages
08.05.08
Kiplingcotes (VC61)
Andrew Ashworth
Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina
24.05.08
Yorkshire
Lee & Jax Westmoreland
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
04.07.08


Kilnsea (VC61)
Sprotborough (VC63)
Brockadales (VC63)


Michael Flowers
Tony Butler
Paul Brothers & Karon Sharp
Grayling Hipparchia semele
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi
24.04.08
Bingley (VC63)
Susan Stead
Green-veined White Pieris napi
24.04.08
Fairburn Ings (VC63)
Paul Brothers
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus
22.04.08
Norton, Doncaster (VC63)
Barry Dalton
Large Heath Coenonympha tullia
15.06.08
Fen Bog (VC62)
Paul & Andrew Kipling
Large Skipper Ochlodes venata
30.05.06
Fairburn Ings (VC63)
Paul Brothers &
Julian Matthews
Large White Pieris brassicae
31.03.08
Norton, Doncaster (VC63)
Barry Dalton
Marbled White Melanargia galathea
22.06.08
Anston Stones (VC63)
John Ash Wilkinson
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
16.06.08
Sykehouse (VC63)
Chris Toop
Northern Brown Argus Aricia artaxerxes
29.05.08
Kettlewell (VC64)
Derek Parkinson
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines
24.04.08
Gribthorpe (VC61)
Brian and Maxine Birkett
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
13.05.08
Spurn (VC61)
Howard Frost
Peacock Inachis io
01.01.08
Wath Upon Dearne (VC63)
David Plews
Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne
12.05.08
Yorkshire
Dave O'Brien et al
Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus quercus
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
24.01.08
Hull (VC61)
Barry Spence
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
22.06.08
Flamborough (VC61)
Anston Stones (VC63)
Ian Marshall
John Ash Wilkinson
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
11.05.08
Fairburn Ings (VC63)
Paul Brothers &
Tom Hubball
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
11.05.08
Sheffield Airport (VC63)
John A Wilkinson
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene
05.06.08
Raygate Slack (VC62)
John Brookes
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
22.06.08
Flamborough (VC61)
Lenora Bruce
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
08.02.08
Cottingham (VC 61)
Andrew Ashworth
Small White Pieris rapae
13.03.08
Wombwell (VC63)
Dean Stables
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
14.04.08
Scarborough (VC62)
Lee Westmoreland
Wall Lasiommata megera
07.05.08
Scarborough (VC62)
Lee Westmoreland
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album
01.07.08
Roche Abbey (VC63)
Martin Greenland

 


 
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