| EARLIEST
BUTTERFLY SIGHTINGS 2012 |
 |
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
2010 |
Earliest
Sighting2011 |
Earliest
Sighting2012 |
Location |
Recorder |
| Adonis Blue
|
14.05.10 |
29.04.11 |
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| Brimstone
|
17.01.10 |
15.01.11 |
02.01.12 |
Cholderton |
Henry Edmunds |
| Brown Argus |
10.05.10 |
25.04.11 |
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| Brown Hairstreak
|
01.08.10 |
24.07.11 |
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| Chalkhill Blue
|
01.07.10 |
29.06.11 |
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| Clouded Yellow
|
24.04.10 |
29.06.11 |
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| Comma
|
|
24.02.11 |
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| Common Blue
|
17.04.10 |
22.04.11 |
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| Dark Green Fritillary
|
19.06.10 |
04.06.11 |
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| Dingy Skipper
|
22.04.10 |
16.04.11 |
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| Duke of Burgundy
|
09.04.10 |
09.04.11 |
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| Essex Skipper
|
25.06.10 |
27.05.11 |
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| Gatekeeper
|
29.06.10 |
04.06.11 |
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| Glanville Fritillary
|
01.05.10 |
23.04.11 |
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| Grayling
|
01.07.10 |
21.05.11 |
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| Green Hairstreak
|
06.04.10 |
07.04.11 |
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| Green-veined White
|
06.04.10 |
26.03.11 |
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| Grizzled Skipper
|
14.04.10 |
07.04.11 |
|
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| Holly Blue
|
09.04.10 |
21.03.11 |
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|
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| Large Skipper
|
24.05.10 |
09.05.11 |
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| Large Tortoiseshell |
10.04.10 |
07.03.11 |
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| Large White
|
08.04.10 |
11.03.11 |
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| Marbled White
|
18.06.10 |
01.06.11 |
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| Marsh Fritillary
|
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| Meadow Brown
|
03.06.10 |
21.05.11 |
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| Orange-tip
|
06.04.10 |
23.03.11 |
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| Painted Lady
|
05.03.10 |
14.02.11 |
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| Peacock
|
01.03.10 |
07.01.11 |
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| Pearl-bordered Fritillary
|
27.04.10 |
22.04.11 |
|
|
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| Purple Emperor
|
28.06.10 |
11.06.11 |
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| Purple Hairstreak
|
12.06.10 |
04.06.11 |
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| Red Admiral
|
17.01.10 |
09.01.11 |
02.01.12 |
Milton, Portsmouth
Anglesey Gardens, Gosport
Hawkhill Inclosure, New Forest |
Brian Shaw
David Tinling
Dave Pearson |
| Ringlet
|
13.06.10 |
29.05.11 |
|
|
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| Silver-spotted Skipper
|
24.07.10 |
31.07.11 |
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| Silver-studded Blue
|
05.06.10 |
17.05.11 |
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| Silver-washed Fritillary
|
15.06.10 |
03.06.11 |
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| Small Blue
|
15.05.10 |
22.04.11 |
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| Small Copper
|
17.04.10 |
07.04.11 |
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| Small Heath
|
01.05.10 |
21.04.11 |
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| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
|
21.05.10 |
07.05.11 |
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| Small Skipper
|
16.06.10 |
16.05.11 |
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| Small Tortoiseshell
|
01.03.10 |
17.02.11 |
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| Small White
|
21.01.10 |
12.03.11 |
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| Speckled Wood
|
06.04.10 |
04.03.11 |
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| Wall
|
14.05.10 |
25.04.11 |
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| White Admiral
|
21.06.10 |
03.06.11 |
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| White-letter Hairstreak
|
21.06.10 |
03.06.11 |
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