Mayford Heritage Pond

Butterflies

Due to the abundance of flowers present throughout most of the year, the site has a list of 16 butterflies.  All of these are the common everyday species one would expect to find in a grassland setting.  Hopefully one day I might come across a Clouded Yellow feeding on the Black Knapweed.

English Name Scientific Name Comments
Large White Pieris brassicae Common
Small White Artogeia rapae Common
Green-veined White Artogeia napi Common
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Common
Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines Common
Peacock Inachis io Common
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae Common
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Common
Comma Polygonia c-album Common
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Common
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Common
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Common
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus Common
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus Common
Small Skipper Thymelicus flavus Common
Large Skipper Ochlodes venatus Common