Wanstead Wildlife
Species List 2 - Butterflies
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Butterflies
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Butterflies
   
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris Common
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola Common
Large Skipper Ochlodes faunus Common
Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus quercus Common, colonies in Bush Wood, by Wanstead Flats and by Wanstead Park; feeds on pear trees in Capel Road garden
White-letter Hairstreak Strymonidia w-album Occurs near the Grotto in Wanstead park
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Common
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus Common
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus Common, particularly in the City of London Cemetery; common in Capel Road garden.
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Common
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Infrequent; on Wanstead Flats July 2005
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae Common
Peacock Inachis io Common
Comma Polygonia c-album Common
Clouded Yellow Colias croceus Infrequent - has been seen in the old Sewage Works
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Fairly common
Large White Pieris brassicae Common
Small White Pieris rapae Common
Green-veined White Pieris napi Common
Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines Common
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Common - very common, in Wanstead Park and increasingly in gardens in Capel Road
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Common in colonies, particularly in the Sewage Works; increasingly in gardens in Capel Road (2004)
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Common, particularly on Wanstead Flats
Small Heath Coenonympha pamhilus Common
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