The 41 Species Found in Cumbria

Click on the butterfly names in the table below for a brief description, a photograph and where to find them. The 'Flight Times' link on the left will take you to a pdf file (110KB) that is two tables that show the times when the Cumbrian species can be found 'on the wing'.

The following link will take you to a pdf file (97KB) which is a table giving: year, location, and numbers of Mountain Ringlet seen in Cumbria.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE MOUNTAIN RINGLET

Butterfly Name Scientific Name UK BAP Status Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Low Camberwell Beauty Nymphalis antiopa Not Listed Common Blue Polyommatus icarus Low Clouded Yellow Collas croceus Low Comma Polygonia c-album Low Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja High Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages High Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina High Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Low Grayling Hipparchia semele High Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi Low Green Veined White Pieris napi Low High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe High Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus Low Large Heath Coenonympha tullia High Large Skipper Ochlodes venata Low Large White Pieris brassicae Low Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia High Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Low Monarch Danaus plexippus Not Assessed Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron High Northern Brown Argus Plebeius artaxerxes High Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines Low Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Low Peacock Inachis io Low Pearl Bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne High Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus quercus Low Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Low Ringlet Aphantopus hyperanthus Low Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops Low Silver Washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia Low Small Blue Cupido minimus High Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Low Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus High Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary Boloria selene Medium Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris Low Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae Low Small White Pieris rapae Low Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Low Wall Brown Iasiommata megera High White Letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album High