14th March is National Learn About Butterflies Day. Spring and summer are just right around the corner, so it is an excellent time to take a few minutes and learn something new about butterflies and appreciate their beauty. Butterflies in CornwallThere 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 Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris 30. Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene 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 Rare Migrant: 1. Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus Introduced/Reintroduced: 1. Large Blue Glaucopsyche arion Extinct: 1. Large Tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros Fun Facts about ButterfliesButterflies and Moths are a group of insects called Lepidoptera. A lepidopterist or aurelian is a person who specialises in the study of Lepidoptera, an order encompassing butterflies, skippers and moths. Lepidopterophobia is the fear of butterflies and moths. A collective name for a group of butterflies is called a “Kaleidoscope”. However others have called it a “Swarm” or “Rabble”. The collective name for a group of caterpillars is an “army”. Antarctica is the only continent on which no Lepidoptera have been found. Butterflies and moths are the only insect that has scaly wings. Butterflies have the sense of smell, taste and touch. They taste with their feet. They live on an all-liquid diet. They are cold blooded insects. They are territorial. Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing is the largest butterfly in the world. It was named after Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. Female species are larger than males with wingspan than can reach 31cm and a body length of 8cm. This gigantic butterfly lives in the forests of Oro Province in Papua New Guinea. Western Pygmy Blue Brephidium exilis is the smallest butterfly in the world which has a half an inch wingspan. Palawan Birdwing or Triangle Birdwing Trogonoptera trojana is one of the 4th largest butterfly in the world. This butterfly is native to Palawan in the Philippine. It has a wingspan of about 18cm and flies the whole year. Magellan Birdwing Troides magellanus is one of the 6th largest butterflies in the world. This large and striking birdwing butterfly can be found in the Philippines. Obviously, this butterfly is named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan who was killed in the Philippines in 1521. British Swallowtail Papilio machaon britannicus is the largest resident butterfly in the British Isles with a wingspan of around 10 cm. Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia is the largest fritillary in the British Isles and gets its name from the beautiful streaks of silver found on the underside of the wings. Small Blue Cupido minimus also known as “Little Blue” is the smallest resident butterfly in the British Isles. About 70 percent of the Philippines’ nearly 21,000 recorded insect species are found only in the country. In addition about one-third of the 915 butterflies found here are endemic to the country. Butterfly in Different LanguagesCornish-----Tykki Duw
Dutch-----Vlinder Finnish-----Perhonen French-----Papillon German-----Schmetterling Greek-----Petalou'da Hawaiian-----Pulelehua Icelandic-----Fithrildi Irish-----Feileacan Italian-----Farfalla Japanese-----Choochoo Korean-----Navi Latin-----Papilio Portuguese-----Borboleta Spanish-----Mariposa Tagalog-----Paruparo
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