| Butterfly First Sightings in Kent for 2002 | > |
Last updated on 26th June 2002
Please email all new sightings to John Maddocks - Kent Branch Butterfly Recorder.
When making your report please try to include a map reference and also the number of specimens seen.
Species |
Date |
Location |
| Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) | 9th January | Cliffe Woods and Ashford |
| Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urtica) | 30th January | Gravesend |
| Comma (Polygonia c-album) | 14th February | Flimwell |
| Peacock (Inachis io) | 9th March | Ditton |
| Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) | 13th March | Orpington |
| Small White (Pieris rapae) | 16th March | Tunbridge Wells |
| Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) | 17th March | Rochester |
| Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) | 25th March | Rochester |
| Large White (Pieris brassicae) | 28th March | Tunbridge Wells |
| Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) | 29th March | Bromley |
| Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) | 29th March | Barnehurst |
| Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) | 1st April | Sandwich Bay |
| Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) | 17th April | Trosley Country Park, Meopham |
| Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae) | 17th April | Trosley Country Park, Meopham |
| Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages) | 21st April | Kemsing Downs |
| Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) | 21st April | Sandwich |
| Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera) | 23rd April | Folkestone |
| Brown Argus (Coenonympha pamphilus) | 7th May | Sandwich |
| Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) | 7th May | Alkham |
| Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne) | 15th May | Near Canterbury |
| Painted Lady (Cynthia cardui) | 15th May | Sandwich |
| Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucinas) | 25th May | Denge Wood |
| Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus) | 16th May | Cheriton Hill, Folkestone |
| Large Skipper (Ochlodes venatus) | 29th May | Cherry Garden Hill, Folkestone |
| Heath Fritillary (Melicta athalia) | 31st May | East Blean Wood, Canterbury |
| Small Blue (Cupido minimus) | 3th June | Kingsdown |
| Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) | 9th June | Cheriton Hill, Folkestone |
| Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) | 13th June | Kingston |
| Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) | 19th June | White Hill Reserve |