| EARLIEST
BUTTERFLY SIGHTINGS 2010 |
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The following is a complete listing of all resident and regular
migrant butterfly species found in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Follow the links below for earliest sightings for previous years.
| Common Name |
Earliest
Sighting
2008 |
Earliest
Sighting
2009 |
Earliest
Sighting
2010 |
Location |
Recorder |
| Adonis Blue
|
18.05.08 |
09.05.09 |
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| Brimstone
|
26.01.08 |
16.02.09 |
17-01-10 |
Alresford |
David Shute |
| Brown Argus |
04.05.08 |
24.04.09 |
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| Brown Hairstreak
|
30.07.08 |
31.07.09 |
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| Chalkhill Blue
|
04.07.08 |
01.07.09 |
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| Clouded Yellow
|
10.05.08 |
11.05.09 |
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| Comma
|
09.02.08 |
21.02.09 |
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| Common Blue
|
26.04.08 |
26.04.09 |
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| Dark Green Fritillary
|
19.06.08 |
14.06.09 |
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| Dingy Skipper
|
02.05.08 |
19.04.09 |
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| Duke of Burgundy
|
22.04.08 |
15.04.09 |
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| Essex Skipper
|
28.06.08 |
21.06.09 |
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| Gatekeeper
|
23.06.08 |
22.06.09 |
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| Glanville Fritillary
|
05.05.08 |
03.05.09 |
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| Grayling
|
11.07.08 |
26.06.09 |
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| Green Hairstreak
|
14.04.08 |
04.04.09 |
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| Green-veined White
|
09.04.08 |
15.03.09 |
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| Grizzled Skipper
|
14.04.08 |
04.04.09 |
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| Holly Blue
|
09.02.08 |
04.04.09 |
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| Large Skipper
|
21.05.08 |
24.05.09 |
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| Large Tortoiseshell |
10.02.08 |
16.03.09 |
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| Large White
|
12.02.08 |
18.03.09 |
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| Marbled White
|
09.06.08 |
04.06.09 |
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| Marsh Fritillary
|
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| Meadow Brown
|
31.05.08 |
29.05.09 |
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| Orange-tip
|
27.03.08 |
21.03.09 |
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| Painted Lady
|
25.01.08 |
02.04.09 |
05-03-10 |
Holiday Hills
Inclosure,
Bolderwood, New Forest |
Paul Ritchie |
| Peacock
|
12.01.08 |
05.01.09 |
01-03-10 |
Magdalen Hill Down |
Patrick Fleet |
| Pearl-bordered Fritillary
|
06.05.08 |
21.04.09 |
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| Purple Emperor
|
25.06.08 |
24.06.09 |
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| Purple Hairstreak
|
14.06.08 |
16.06.09 |
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| Red Admiral
|
09.01.08 |
13.01.09 |
17.01.10 |
Boscombe |
Michael Skelton |
| Ringlet
|
13.06.08 |
11.06.09 |
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| Silver-spotted Skipper
|
26.07.08 |
25.07.09 |
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| Silver-studded Blue
|
07.06.08 |
02.06.09 |
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| Silver-washed Fritillary
|
19.06.08 |
14.06.09 |
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| Small Blue
|
10.05.08 |
02.05.09 |
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| Small Copper
|
08.04.08 |
17.03.09 |
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| Small Heath
|
28.04.08 |
26.04.09 |
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| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
|
17.05.08 |
16.05.09 |
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| Small Skipper
|
22.06.08 |
14.06.09 |
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| Small Tortoiseshell
|
08.02.08 |
15.03.09 |
01-03-10 |
Winchester College
Testwood Lakes
Christchurch |
Simon Wooley
Mark Swann
Melanie Gibbons |
| Small White
|
08.02.08 |
15.03.09 |
21-01-10 |
Rowner,
Gosport |
Dennis &
Christine Bohea |
| Speckled Wood
|
21.03.08 |
21.03.09 |
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| Wall
|
02.05.08 |
25.04.09 |
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| White Admiral
|
10.06.08 |
13.06.09 |
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| White-letter Hairstreak
|
13.06.08 |
07.06.09 |
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