Surrey's 44 butterflies
Widespread 22
Brimstone, Brown Argus, Comma,
Common Blue, Essex Skipper, Gatekeeper,
Green-veined White, Holly Blue, Large Skipper,
Large White, Meadow Brown, Orange-tip,
Peacock, Purple Hairstreak, Red Admiral,
Ringlet, Small Copper, Small Heath,
Small Skipper, Small Tortoiseshell,
Small White, Speckled Wood
Heaths 2 Grayling, Silver-studded Blue
Migrants 2 Clouded Yellow, Painted Lady
Unofficial release 3
Glanville Fritillary: 2001 Wrecclesham Sandpit, 2011 Hutchinson's Bank
Black Hairstreak: spreading since 2020 discovery at Epsom Common
Duke of Burgundy: 2020 Chapel Bank
Restricted 15 | |
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AB Adonis Blue | PE Purple Emperor |
BH Brown Hairstreak | SSS Silver-spotted Skipper |
ChB Chalkhill Blue | SWF Silver-washed Fritillary |
DGF Dark Green Fritillary | SB Small Blue |
DS Dingy Skipper | WA White Admiral |
GH Green Hairstreak | WLH White-letter Hairstreak |
GS Grizzled Skipper | WW Wood White |
MW Marbled White |
Key sites for Surrey's rarer butterflies | |||||||||||||||
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Site | AB | BH | ChB | DGF | DS | GH | GS | MW | PE | SSS | SWF | SB | WA | WLH | WW |
Ashtead Common | y | y | y | y | y | ||||||||||
Bookham Common | y | y | y | y | y | ||||||||||
Box Hill | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | |
Chiddingfold Forest, incl Oaken Wood | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | ||||||
Denbies Hillside | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | ||||||
Howell Hill | y | y | y | y | y | ||||||||||
Hutchinson's Bank & Chapel Bank |
y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | ||||||
Newlands Corner & Albury Downs |
y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | ||||||
Pewley Down | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | ||||||||
Sheepleas | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y | y |
Esher Common
Elms1, Elms2, Elms3
three maps produced in 2015
by Dave Page, Elmbridge BC
Countryside Estates Officer,
showing location of elms,
foodplant of the White-letter Hairstreak.
LOST, with year of last record
*indicates subsequent short-lived releases
2007 Pearl-bordered Fritillary*
1997 Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary*
1997 Duke of Burgundy*
1990s Wall Brown odd records since
1970s Marsh Fritillary*
1960s High Brown Fritillary
Nearest regions for GB's other species
Kent Heath Fritillary
Sussex Duke of Burgundy, Wall Brown,
Pearl & Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries,
Black Hairstreak: introduced 1970s, rediscovered 2017
NE Hants Marsh Fritillary: reintroduced 2018
Isle of Wight Glanville Fritillary
Norfolk Swallowtail
West Country High Brown Fritillary,
Large Blue, Lulworth Skipper
North Chequered Skipper, Large Heath,
Mountain Ringlet, Northern Brown Argus,
Scotch Argus