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There are 59 Butterflies in the UK, 57 resident and 2 regular migrants. There are 36 Butterfly in Cornwall, 34 resident and 2 regular migrants, 1 introduced / re-introduced and 1 extinct.
 
Cornish 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 Brown Lasiommata megera
 
Regular Migrants:
1. Clouded Yellow Colias croceus
2. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
​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

Cornish Resident Butterflies

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Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
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Brown Argus Aricia agestis
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Comma Polygonia c-album
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Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
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Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja
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Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages
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Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
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Grayling Hipparchia semele
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Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi
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Green-veined White Pieris napi
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Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae
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Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia
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Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus
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Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus
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Large White Pieris brassicae
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Marbled White Melanargia galathea
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Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia
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Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
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Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines
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Peacock Aglais io
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Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne
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Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus
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Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
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Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
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Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus
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Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia
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Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
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Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
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Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene
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Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
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Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
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Small White Pieris rapae
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Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
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Wall Brown Lasiommata megera

Regular Migrant

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Clouded Yellow Colias croceus
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Painted Lady Vanessa cardui

Rare Migrant

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American Painted Lady
​Vanessa virginiensis
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Long-tailed Blue
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Lampides boeticus

Mating Pair

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Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
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Green-veined White Pieris napi
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Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia
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Large White Pieris brassicae
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Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia
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Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
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Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines
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Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus
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Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
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Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria

Aberration

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Grizzled Skipper aberration
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Heath Fritillary aberration
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Meadow Brown aberration
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Pearl-bordered Fritillary aberration
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Silver-studded Blue aberration
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Silver-washed Fritillary aberration

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.


Butterfly in Different Languages

​Arabic                             Farasha
Cornish                           Tykki Duw
Dutch                              Vlinder
Finnish                            Perhonen
French                            Papillon
German                          Schmetterling
Greek                              Petalou'da
Hawaiian                        Pulelehua
Hebrew                          Parpar
Icelandic                         Fithrildi
Ilocano                            Kulibangnag
Indonesian                     Kupu kupu
Irish                                 Feileacan
Italian                              Farfalla
Japanese                         Choochoo
Korean                            Navi
Latin                                Papilio
Mandarin                        Huudye
Persian                            Parvaneh
Portuguese                     Borboleta
Spanish                           Mariposa
Tagalog                           Paruparo
Thai                                 Pi sugnya
Vietnamese                    Bayboum
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