Lepidoptera First Sightings from 2022 to 2026
Species 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022
Dingy Skipper   12/04 09/05 15/05 30/04
Grizzled Skipper   12/04 09/05 20/05 30/04
Chequered Skipper   n/a n/a n/a n/a
Essex Skipper   22/06 19/07 01/07 06/07
Small Skipper   11/06 10/07 25/06 23/06
Lulworth Skipper   n/a n/a n/a n/a
Silver-spotted Skipper   06/08 n/a 17/08 05/08
Large Skipper   18/05 27/05 04/06 28/05
Swallowtail   n/a 15/06 n/a n/a
Wood White   18/05 02/06 26/05 27/05
Orange-tip   31/03 11/04 08/04 11/04
Large White   14/03 30/04 20/05 25/04
Small White   06/04 11/04 07/04 18/03
Green-veined White   04/04 12/04 01/05 11/04
Clouded Yellow   08/08 n/a n/a 22/07
Brimstone   04/03 16/03 18/03 27/02
Duke of Burgundy   03/05 12/05 16/05 09/05
Small Copper   29/04 09/05 15/05 30/04
Brown Hairstreak   14/07 29/07 01/08 15/08
Purple Hairstreak   25/06 04/07 17/07 01/07
Green Hairstreak   27/04 30/04 16/05 30/04
White-letter Hairstreak   n/a n/a 25/06 03/07
Black Hairstreak   02/06 n/a 12/06 13/06
Small Blue   03/05 12/05 15/05 17/05
Holly Blue   10/04 11/04 03/04 15/04
Large Blue   18/06 26/06 16/06 n/a
Silver-studded Blue   n/a n/a n/a n/a
Brown Argus   27/04 19/05 15/05 09/05
Northern Brown Argus   n/a n/a n/a 23/06
Common Blue   27/04 12/05 20/05 09/05
Adonis Blue   06/08 05/06 07/06 28/05
Chalk Hill Blue   07/07 17/07 13/07 10/07
Silver-washed Fritillary   16/06 04/07 26/06 15/06
Dark Green Fritillary   22/06 20/06 15/06 12/06
High Brown Fritillary   n/a n/a n/a n/a
Pearl-bordered Fritillary   n/a n/a n/a 23/06
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary   n/a n/a 21/06 21/06
Marsh Fritillary   11/05 25/05 25/05 17/05
Glanville Fritillary   n/a n/a n/a n/a
Heath Fritillary   n/a n/a 21/06 n/a
Red Admiral   06/03 30/04 09/05 21/03
Painted Lady   03/05 19/05 28/05 17/05
Peacock   07/03 18/02 18/03 19/03
Small Tortoiseshell   08/04 30/03 18/03 17/03
Comma   06/03 21/03 17/03 22/03
White Admiral   16/06 24/06 26/06 01/07
Purple Emperor   25/06 04/07 26/06 01/07
Speckled Wood   30/03 12/04 20/04 05/04
Wall Brown   03/05 05/06 07/06 20/08
Large Heath   n/a n/a n/a 20/06
Small Heath   27/04 09/05 16/05 09/05
Gatekeeper   25/06 28/06 25/06 29/06
Ringlet   16/06 16/06 21/06 12/06
Meadow Brown   25/05 07/06 04/06 28/05
Mountain Ringlet   n/a n/a n/a 22/06
Scotch Argus   n/a n/a n/a n/a
Marbled White   02/06 20/06 11/06 10/06
Grayling   16/07 n/a n/a 23/06