Lepidoptera First Sightings from 2021 to 2025
Species 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
Dingy Skipper 12/04 09/05 15/05 30/04 12/05
Grizzled Skipper 12/04 09/05 20/05 30/04 20/04
Chequered Skipper   n/a n/a n/a n/a
Essex Skipper 22/06 19/07 01/07 06/07 08/07
Small Skipper 11/06 10/07 25/06 23/06 30/06
Lulworth Skipper   n/a n/a n/a n/a
Silver-spotted Skipper 06/08 n/a 17/08 05/08 26/07
Large Skipper 18/05 27/05 04/06 28/05 12/06
Swallowtail   15/06 n/a n/a n/a
Wood White 18/05 02/06 26/05 27/05 03/06
Orange-tip 31/03 11/04 08/04 11/04 17/04
Large White 14/03 30/04 20/05 25/04 18/04
Small White 06/04 11/04 07/04 18/03 04/04
Green-veined White 04/04 12/04 01/05 11/04 19/04
Clouded Yellow 08/08 n/a n/a 22/07 n/a
Brimstone 04/03 16/03 18/03 27/02 24/02
Duke of Burgundy 03/05 12/05 16/05 09/05 01/06
Small Copper 29/04 09/05 15/05 30/04 02/05
Brown Hairstreak 14/07 29/07 01/08 15/08 10/08
Purple Hairstreak 25/06 04/07 17/07 01/07 09/07
Green Hairstreak 27/04 30/04 16/05 30/04 12/05
White-letter Hairstreak   n/a 25/06 03/07 11/07
Black Hairstreak 02/06 n/a 12/06 13/06 15/06
Small Blue 03/05 12/05 15/05 17/05 27/05
Holly Blue 10/04 11/04 03/04 15/04 20/04
Large Blue 18/06 26/06 16/06 n/a 08/07
Silver-studded Blue   n/a n/a n/a 26/06
Brown Argus 27/04 19/05 15/05 09/05 12/05
Northern Brown Argus   n/a n/a 23/06 n/a
Common Blue 27/04 12/05 20/05 09/05 27/05
Adonis Blue 06/08 05/06 07/06 28/05 02/06
Chalk Hill Blue 07/07 17/07 13/07 10/07 19/07
Silver-washed Fritillary 16/06 04/07 26/06 15/06 05/07
Dark Green Fritillary 22/06 20/06 15/06 12/06 01/07
High Brown Fritillary   n/a n/a n/a n/a
Pearl-bordered Fritillary   n/a n/a 23/06 n/a
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary   n/a 21/06 21/06 n/a
Marsh Fritillary 11/05 25/05 25/05 17/05 19/05
Glanville Fritillary   n/a n/a n/a n/a
Heath Fritillary   n/a 21/06 n/a n/a
Red Admiral 06/03 30/04 09/05 21/03 27/05
Painted Lady 03/05 19/05 28/05 17/05 12/05
Peacock 07/03 18/02 18/03 19/03 09/03
Small Tortoiseshell 08/04 30/03 18/03 17/03 09/03
Comma 06/03 21/03 17/03 22/03 09/03
White Admiral 16/06 24/06 26/06 01/07 14/07
Purple Emperor 25/06 04/07 26/06 01/07 05/07
Speckled Wood 30/03 12/04 20/04 05/04 19/04
Wall Brown 03/05 05/06 07/06 20/08 24/08
Large Heath   n/a n/a 20/06 n/a
Small Heath 27/04 09/05 16/05 09/05 19/05
Gatekeeper 25/06 28/06 25/06 29/06 10/07
Ringlet 16/06 16/06 21/06 12/06 24/06
Meadow Brown 25/05 07/06 04/06 28/05 14/06
Mountain Ringlet   n/a n/a 22/06 n/a
Scotch Argus   n/a n/a n/a n/a
Marbled White 02/06 20/06 11/06 10/06 24/06
Grayling 16/07 n/a n/a 23/06 11/08