Kent Butterflies

Butterflies in Kingston, Kent
First Sightings 2012

Last updated 4 September 2012

Species

Seen

2011

Days
Earlier (-) or Later (+) than 2011

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

23 February

21 March

-27

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urtica)

15 March

3 April

- 19

Peacock (Inachis io)

29 March

2 April

-5

Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)

2 April

2 April

0

Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)

22 May

21 April

+31

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

7 June

29 May

+9

Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)

24 June

14 June

+10

Painted Lady (Cynthia cardui)

26 June

27 August

-62

Large Skipper (Ochlodes venata)

1 July

2 June

+29

Large White (Pieris brassicae)

13 July

1 July

+12

Small White (Pieris rapae)

13 July

7 May

+67

Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)

13 July

2 July

+11

Comma (Polygonia c-album)

22 July

3 April

+110

Gatekeeper (Pyronia thithonus)

23 July

10 July

+13

Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)

24 July

1 July

+23

Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)

24 July

3 July

+21

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)

28 July

17 April

+102

Green-veined White(Pieris napi)

 

21 April

 

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)

 

30 May

 

White Admiral (Lodoga camilla)

 

None seen

 

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

 

None seen

 

Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)

 

None seen

 

Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola)

 

None seen

 

Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)

 

None seen

 

Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera)

 

None seen

 

Notes:  

The above represents the list of all butterfly species I have previously seen in Kingston