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  • Click the English Name to link to that species on the UKButterflies site - lots of photos and biological information.
  • Click the Latin Name to link to that species on the Essex Field Club website - Essex distributionn maps and local information
  • See here for species not yet known from one of our reserves but which breeds nearby
Family English Name Latin Name Food Plant Management needs Noakes Grove Kings Field Ellois Green
Hesperidae Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris Grass light or no grazing, open sunny rides
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Hesperidae Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola Grass light or no grazing, open sunny rides
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Hesperidae Large Skipper Ochlodes venata Grass light or no grazing, open sunny rides
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Pieridae Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Purging Buckthorn keep scrub and hedges with buckthorn fairly open
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Pieridae Large White Pieris brassicae Wild Crucifers nothing special
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Pieridae Small White Pieris rapae Wild Crucifers nothing special
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Pieridae Green-veined White Pieris napi Wild Crucifers Light grazing or occasional cutting of hedge and ride edges
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Pieridae Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines Garlic Mustard Light grazing or occasional cutting of hedge and ride edges
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Lycaenidae Purple Hairstreak Quercusia quercus Oak nothing special. Flies high around tall oaks
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Lycaenidae Brown Argus Aricia agestis Geranium Needs lots of rabbits or some human ground disturbance
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Lycaenidae Common Blue Polyommatus icarus Birds Foot Trefoil Light to moderate grazing, periodic cutting
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Lycaenidae Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus Ivy, Dog Wood, Spindle, Buckthorn Avoid cuttiing branches of foodplant when in flower or fruit
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Lycaenidae Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Sorrel, Broad- leaved Dock Light to moderate grazing. Occasional cutting.
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Nymphalidae
Silver-washed Fritillary
Argynnis paphia
Common Violet Light to moderate grazing, periodic cutting
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Nymphalidae Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Stinging Nettle Retain nettle patches in sun beside hedges. Need abundant nectar sources.
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Nymphalidae Painted Lady Cynthia cardui Thistles Need abundant nectar sources.
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Nymphalidae Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae Stinging Nettle Retain nettle patches in sun beside hedges. Need abundant nectar sources.
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Nymphalidae Peacock Inachis io Stinging Nettle Retain nettle patches in sun beside hedges. Need abundant nectar sources.
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Nymphalidae Comma Polygonia c-album Stinging Nettle Retain nettle patches in sun o0r light shade b
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Nymphalidae Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Grasses Grassy rides with dappled shade
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Nymphalidae
Marbled White Melanargia galathea Grasses Light grazing, periodic cutting
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Nymphalidae Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Grasses Light grazing, periodic cutting
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Nymphalidae Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Grasses Light grazing, periodic cutting
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Nymphalidae Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus Grasses Light to moderate grazing,
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Nymphalidae Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Grasses Light grazing, periodic cutting. Likes slighly damp soils
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The following three species breed in nearby woods and may await discovery at one or more of our three reserves.

We have planted some honeysuckle at Kings Field but it is not found at Noakes Grove or Ellis Green

Only Noakes Grove has good sallows

 

Lycaenidae
White-letter Hairstreak
Satyrium w-album
Elm Elm regrowth from dead Elm trees      
Nymphalidae
Purple Emperor
Apatura iris
Pussy Willow (Sallow) Suitable salllows at edger of woodland with tall oak trees      
Nymphalidae
White Admiral
Limenitis camilla
Honeysuckle Honeysuckle in partial sun in woodland      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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