A list of butterfly species as reported by Tividale Birding group 1996- 2002 and subsequent observations.
Red Admiral. I Carroll
Brimstone Goneptryx rhami
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
R. Adams
Comma Polygonia c-album
Orange -Tip Anthocharis cardamines
male
female
Peacock Inachis io
Green-veined White Pieris napi
Small white Pieris rapae
Speckled Wood Parage aegeria
Common Blue Polymmatus icarus
Painted Lady Cynthia cardui
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
Large Skipper Ochlodes venata
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Clouded Yellow Colias croceus
Large White Pieris brassicae
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolas
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola
Marbled white Melanargia galathea
Small blue Cupido minimus
Land off Macdonald Close to the rear of Sheepwash Nature Reserve, recorded by Darrell Harrison as a colony between 2022-2024 on associated kidney vetch. Photos Darrell Harrison.
