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Butterflies in Cornwall

6/5/2022

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There are 59 Butterflies in the UK, 57 resident and 2 regular migrants. There are 36 Butterflies in Cornwall, 34 resident and 2 regular migrants, 1 introduced / re-introduced and 1 extinct.

Resident Butterflies

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Brimstone
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Brown Argus
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Comma
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Common Blue
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Dark Green Fritillary
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Dingy Skipper
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Gatekeeper
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Grayling
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Green Hairstreak
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​Green-veined White
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Grizzled Skipper
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Heath Fritillary
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Holly Blue
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​Large Skipper
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Large White
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Marbled White
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Marsh Fritillary
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Meadow Brown
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Orange Tip
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Peacock
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Pearl-bordered Fritillary
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Purple Hairstreak
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Red Admiral
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Ringlet
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Silver-studded Blue
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Silver-washed Fritillary
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Small Copper
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​Small Heath
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Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
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​Small Skipper
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Small Tortoiseshell
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Small White
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Speckled Wood
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Wall

Regular Migrant Butterflies

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Clouded Yellow
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Painted Lady

Rare Migrant Butterflies

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​​The extremely rare
​American Painted Lady
​22 September 2022
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Long-tailed Blue
2 September 2022
​19 August 2019

Aberrations

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Grizzled Skipper
​aberration taras
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Heath Fritillary
​aberration 
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Pearl-bordered Fritillary
​aberration albomaculata
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Silver-studded Blue
Bilateral Gynandromorph
​half male, half female
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Silver-washed Fritillary
female Valesina form

Importance of Butterflies

1. Butterflies are important and valuable pollinators.
2. Butterflies are indicator of a healthy environment.
3. Butterflies are part of the food chain, they act as a food source for birds, bats, reptiles, amphibians and others.
4. Butterflies act as natural pest control. 
5. Butterflies make us happy. David Attenborough says spending time in nature, even just watching butterflies in your garden, is good for our mental health.
6. Butterflies gives colour to our environment.
​7. Others...

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

1. First Stage:
Embryonic Stage – Egg (3-5 days)
A butterfly starts its life as an egg, often laid on a leaf. The eggs come in many shapes and colours. The shapes include spherical, oval, and pod-shaped; the colours include white, green, and yellow. The eggs have a thin, tough, protective shell, the chorion. This shell has raised ribs or pits (reticulations). The length of time required for the egg to hatch is dependent on the species and the environmental. Some species lay winter-hardy eggs in the fall, which hatch the following spring or summer.
 
2. Second Stage:
Caterpillar Comes Out! (5-10 days)
The caterpillar or larva hatches from an egg and eats leaves or flowers almost constantly. The caterpillar will increase up to several thousand times in size before pupating. When a caterpillar gets too big for its skin, it molts or sheds its old skin and keeps eating more.
 
3. Third Stage:
Chrysalis - Metamorphosis Begins (7-10 days)
The chrysalis or pupa is the stage in a butterfly's life when it is encased in a chrysalis and undergoing metamorphosis. Wings develop during this stage. About a day before the adult butterfly emerges, the chrysalis becomes transparent.
 
4. Fourth Stage (Imaginal Stage):
Butterfly Emerges! (2 weeks)
A beautiful, flying adult emerges. This adult will continue the cycle. The adult is also called the imago, emerges from its pupal cuticle with a swollen abdomen and shrivelled wings. For the first few hours of its adult life, the butterfly will pump hemolymph into the veins in its wings to expand them. The waste products of metamorphosis, a reddish liquid called meconium will be discharged from the anus.

Food Source

Butterflies eat, much better word is drink through their proboscis – a tube that works a bit like a straw. But they actually taste using their feet!
 
1. Nectar
The butterfly’s primary source of food is nectar. It gets nectar from plants and flowers like
 
2. Old Fruit
Butterflies love a sweet treat. You can leave out an overripe banana. Alternatively, if you have fruit trees in your garden, leave fallen fruit on the ground. Butterflies seem to have a particular taste for pears, plums and apples.
 
3. Sugar Solution
Butterflies are often sleepy when they first wake from their cocoons or from hibernation in the spring. If you come across a butterfly struggling to get going, you can prepare a boiled then cooled mix of sugar and water. Use a brightly coloured sponge to soak up the solution. A butterfly will take sips from it and get the boost it needs to take flight.
 
4. Muddy Puddles
The glucose in nectar and fruit gives butterflies their energy. But butterflies also require other nutrients. That’s why you may sometimes see them crowded around a muddy puddle. By sipping from the puddle they take in minerals and salts from the soil, which are thought to be important for reproduction.
 
By including a few of these food sources in your garden, you can attract butterflies for the whole of the season, making your garden into a festival of colour and life

Fascinating Facts about Butterflies

● Butterfly wings are transparent.
● Butterflies taste with their feet.
● Butterflies live on an all-liquid diet.
● Butterflies drink from mud puddles.
● Butterflies can't fly if they're cold.
● The smallest butterfly is the Western Blue Pigmy, which is only 2cm across.
● The largest butterfly in the world is the female Queen Alexandra’s birdwing, with a wingspan of over 25cm!
● A butterfly’s lifecycle is made up of four parts, egg, larva (caterpillars), pupa (chrysalis) and adult.

Butterfly in Different Languages

Cornish - Tykki Duw
French - Papillon
German - Schmetterling
Ilocano - Kulibangnag
Irish - Feileacan
Italian - Farfalla
Latin - Papilio
Portuguese - Borboleta
Spanish - Mariposa
Tagalog - Paruparo

Butterflies in Cornwall

​Resident Butterflies:
1. Brimstone  Gonepteryx rhamni
2. Brown Argus  Aricia agestis
3. Comma  Polygonia c-album
4. Common Blue  Polyommatus Icarus
5. Dark Green Fritillary  Argynnis aglaja
6. Dingy Skipper  Erynnis tages
7. Gatekeeper  Pyronia tithonus
8. Grayling  Hipparchia semele
9. Green Hairstreak  Callophrys rubi
10. Green-veined White  Pieris napi
11. Grizzled Skipper  Pyrgus malvae
12. Heath Fritillary  Melitaea athalia
13. Holly Blue  Celastrina argiolus
14. Large Skipper  Ochlodes sylvanus
15. Large White  Pieris brassicae
16. Marbled White  Melanargia galathea
17. Marsh Fritillary  Euphydryas aurinia
18. Meadow Brown  Maniola jurtina
19. Orange Tip  Anthocharis cardamines
20. Peacock  Aglais io
21. Pearl-bordered Fritillary  Boloria euphrosyne
22. Purple Hairstreak  Favonius quercus
23. Red Admiral  Vanessa atalanta
24. Ringlet  Aphantopus hyperantus
25. Silver-studded Blue  Plebejus argus
26. Silver-washed Fritillary  Argynnis paphia
27. Small Copper  Lycaena phlaeas
28. Small Heath  Coenonympha pamphilus
29. Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary  Boloria selene
30. Small Skipper  Thymelicus sylvestris
31. Small Tortoiseshell  Aglais urticae
32. Small White  Pieris rapae
33. Speckled Wood  Pararge aegeria
34. Wall  Lasiommata megera

Regular Migrant Butterflies:
1. Clouded Yellow  Colias croceus
2. Painted Lady  Vanessa cardui


Rare Migrant Butterflies:
1. American Painted Lady  Vanessa virginiensis
2. Long-tailed Blue  Lampides boeticus

Revised Red List of UK Butterflies

Regionally Extinct:
1. Black-veined White
2. Large Tortoiseshell
3. Large Copper
4. Mazarine Blue
 
Endangered:
1. Wood White
2. Wall
3. Large Heath
4. Grayling
5. High Brown Fritillary
6. Glanville Fritillary
7. Heath Fritillary
8. Black Hairstreak
 
Vulnerable:
1. Swallowtail
2. Grizzled Skipper
3. Silver-spotted Skipper
4. Small Heath
5. Scotch Argus
6. Pearl-bordered Fritillary
7. Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
8. White Admiral
9. Marsh Fritillary
10. Duke of Burgundy
11. Brown Hairstreak
12. White-letter Hairstreak
13. Silver-studded Blue
14. Northern Brown Argus
15. Adonis Blue
16. Chalk Hill Blue
 
Near Threatened:
1. Lulwoth Skipper
2. Mountain Ringlet
3. Dark Green Fritillary
4. Small Blue
5. Large Blue
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