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| (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus 1758) | (Linnaeus1758 ) |
| Papilionidae - Papilioninae | Papilionidae - Papilioninae | Hesperiidae - Pyrginae | Hesperiidae - Pyrginae | Silver-spotted Skipper |
| Swallowtail | Swallowtail | Dingy Skipper | Dingy Skipper | Hesperiidae - - Hesperiinae |
| Papilio machaon britannicus | Papilio machaon britannicus | Errynis tages | Errynis tages | Hesperia comma |
| 56.003 BF | 56.003 BF | 57.001 BF | 57.001 BF | 57.008 BF |
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UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 76mm to 93mm. Flight Period: May and June, some times a second brood in August. Habitat: Norfolk Broads and marshes. Comment: scarce, and only found in the Norfolk Broads. They were found in many marshes and fens on the eastern side of England, land drainage caused the extinction of many colonies. |
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UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 27mm to 34mm. Flight Period: May and June. Habitat: The food plant is Birds-foot Trefoil. So it is found in open sunny habitats. Comment: The only Skipper to be found in Ireland. Its distribution in the UK is mainly in England, with a few colonies in Wales and Scotland. |
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| (Hubner 1819 ) | (Hubner 1819 ) | (Ochsenheimer 1808) | (Ochsenheimer 1808) | (Linnaeus1758 ) |
| Grizzled Skipper | Grizzled Skipper | Hesperiidae - Hesperiinae | Hesperiidae - Hesperiinae | Silver-spotted Skipper |
| Hesperiidae - Pyrginae | Hesperiidae - Pyrginae | Essex Skipper | Essex Skipper | Hesperiidae - - Hesperiinae |
| Pyrgus malvae | Pyrgus malvae | Thymelicus lineola | Thymelicus lineola | Hesperia comma |
| 57.002 BF | 57.002 BF | 57.005 BF | 57.005 BF | 57.008 BF |
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UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 23mm to 29mm. Flight Period: May and June. Habitat: Habitats include disused railway lines, chalk down land, wood land rides and waste ground. Comment: Restricted to the southern half of Britain. It is not found in Scotland or Ireland, and in Wales it is only found close to the border with England. |
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UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 26mm to 30mm. Flight Period: June until August. Habitat: The Essex Skipper flies a bit later than Small Skippers. They overlap, and inhabit the same grassy places so id is difficult. Comment: The last two decades, into Yorkshire, north Midlands, and west into Somerset. |
UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 29mm to 34mm. Flight Period: August and September. Habitat: Grassy chalk down lands and cliff tops, usually on south facing slopes. Comment: Restricted to a few localities in southern England. Readily identified by the silvery white spots on the under wings. |
| (Poda 1761) | (Poda 1761) | (Poda 1761) | ||
| Hesperiidae - Hesperiinae | Hesperiidae - Hesperiinae | Hesperiidae - Hesperiinae | ||
| Small Skipper | Small Skipper | Small Skipper | ||
| Thymelicus sylvestris | Thymelicus sylvestris | Thymelicus sylvestris | ||
| 57.006 BF | 57.006 BF | 57.006 BF | ||
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UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 27mm to 34mm. Flight Period: June until August. Habitat: Open sunny places like disused railways, waste ground, riversides, fields, wood land clearings and edges etc. Comment: Common resident to England and Wales, absent from Ireland and only found in the south east of Scotland. It is extending its range north wards. |
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| (Esper 1777) | (Esper 1777) | (Esper 1777) | ||
| Hesperiidae - Hesperiinae | Hesperiidae - Hesperiinae | Hesperiidae - Hesperiinae | ||
| Large Skipper | Large Skipper | Large Skipper | ||
| Ochlodes veneta | Ochlodes veneta | Ochlodes veneta | ||
| 57.009 BF | 57.009 BF | 57.009 BF | ||
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UK Status: Resident. Wing Span: 29mm to 34mm. Flight Period: June and July. Habitat: Similar to the Small Skipper, but will choose less open places near tall undergrowth. Comment: Common in England and Wales, absent from Ireland, found in southern Scotland. Recently it has been spreading north wards. |
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| Syrphidae - Syrphinae | Syrphidae - Syrphinae | |||
| Cheilosia illustrata | Cheilosia illustrata | |||
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