Friends of Sutton Park Association

BUTTERFLY INDEX

Page 2 - Nymphalidae:
1) Small Tortoishell
2) Peacock
3) Comma
4) Painted Lady
5) Red Admiral
6) Marsh Fritillary
7) Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary
8) High Brown Fritillary
9) Camberwell Beauty

Page 3 - Lycaenidae:
10) Small Copper
11) Holly Blue
12) Common Blue
13) Green Hairstreak
14) Purple Hairstreak
15) White Letter Hairstreak

Page 4 - Satyridae:
16) Speckled Wood
17) Meadow Brown
18) Gatekeeper
19) Small Heath
20) Wall Brown
21) Marbled White

Page 5 - Pieridae:
22) Large White
23) Small White
24) Green Veined White
25) Orange Tip
26) Brimstone
27) Clouded Yellow

Page 6 - Hesperiidae:
28) Large Skipper
29) Small Skipper

Summary

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The Butterflies of
Sutton Park National Nature Reserve

by Harvey Skelcher

The 1965 Guide Book for Sutton Park listed twenty two species of butterfly which it stated could be found within the park. Although this number is roughly correct with regard to the number of species one might expect to encounter in the park today, the 1965 list had some glaring omissions. Butterflies like the Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) and the Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus), although not included, were fairly common during this period and both can still be found in Sutton Park today. To complicate things further the 1965 list also included a number of species which have since become extinct in Sutton Park.

In recent years butterfly populations in Sutton Park have been reported more accurately by Rangers and other local enthusiasts who record their sightings at the Visitor Centre. So just what are you likely to find when you walk across the summer heathlands, through the wetland flower meadows, and down the dappled woodland glades in Sutton Park.

The following is a list containing all the butterfly species found in Sutton Park today, this also includes all those species listed in the 1965 guide as well as all the migrant species which may turn up in the park from time to time. The list also includes reference to current status and flight periods.