 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. I've already seen 46 butterfly species and photograph 44. I have to see 13 more and photograph 15. Fingers-crossed, I will be able to see a few more this year. Resident Butterflies
Regular Migrant Butterflies
Rare Migrant Butterflies
Importance of Butterflies1. 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 Butterfly1. 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 SourceButterflies 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. Butterfly in Different LanguagesCornish - Tykki Duw French - Papillon German - Schmetterling Ilocano - Kulibangnag Irish - Feileacan Italian - Farfalla Latin - Papilio Portuguese - Borboleta Spanish - Mariposa Tagalog - Paruparo Butterflies in the UKResident Butterflies: 1. Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus 2. Black Hairstreak Satyrium pruni 3. Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni 4. Brown Argus Aricia agestis 5. Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae 6. Chalk Hill Blue Polyommatus coridon 7. Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon 8. Comma Polygonia c-album 9. Common Blue Polyommatus Icarus 10. Cryptic Wood White Leptidea juvernica 11. Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja 12. Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages 13. Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina 14. Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola 15. Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus 16. Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia 17. Grayling Hipparchia semele 18. Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi 19. Green-veined White Pieris napi 20. Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae 21. Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia 22. High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe 23. Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus 24. Large Blue Maculinea arion 25. Large Heath Coenonympha tullia 26. Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus 27. Large White Pieris brassicae 28. Lulworth Skipper Thymelicus acteon 29. Marbled White Melanargia galathea 30. Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia 31. Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina 32. Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron 33. Northern Brown Argus Aricia artaxerxes 34. Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines 35. Peacock Aglais io 36. Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne 37. Purple Emperor Apatura iris 38. Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus 39. Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 40. Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus 41. Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops 42. Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma 43. Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus 44. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia 45. Small Blue Cupido minimus 46. Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas 47. Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus 48. Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene 49. Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris 50. Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae 51. Small White Pieris rapae 52. Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria 53. Swallowtail Papilio Machaon 54. Wall Lasiommata megera 55. White Admiral Limenitis camilla 56. White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album 57. Wood White Leptidea sinapis 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 ButterfliesRegionally 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 Copyright © Rowena Castillo-Nicholls. All Rights Reserved.
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