Butterfly First Sightings in Kent for 2004         >

Last updated on 6th August 2004

Information on submitting records to our Branch Butterfly Recorder

Please could you send any remaining butterfly records to Mike Easterbrook in the next couple of weeks. It is important we submit the records to BC Head Office as early as possible so they are included in the national records and also added into the updated millennium atlas.

All the sightings submitted online, using our recording form, have been forwarded to Mike Easterbrook for entry.

Thank You.

Please see the "Contacts" page for more details on how to contact our Branch Butterfly Recorder.

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Please email any sightings to Mike Easterbrook - Kent Branch Butterfly Recorder or use our online recording system, by clicking here.

When making your report please try to include a map reference and also the number of specimens seen

Species Name Latin Name First sighting Location
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris 14th June Langdon Cliffs, Dover
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola 2nd July Vinters Park, Maidstone
Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma    
Large Skipper Ochlodes venata 10th June Langdon Cliffs, Dover
Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages 27th April Alkham
Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae 24th April Trosley Country Park
Clouded Yellow Colias croceus    
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni 1st February Downe Bank
Large White Pieris brassicae 13th April Bearsted
Small White Pieris rapae 16th April Deal
Green-veined White Pieris napi 16th April Rooks Hill nr Ightham
Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines 9th April Kiln Wood, Bough Beech
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi 24th April Trosley Country Park
Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus quercus    
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album    
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas 27th April Dover
Small Blue Cupido minimus 16th May Kingsdown
Brown Argus Aricia agestis 18th May Lydden
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus 18th May Lydden
Chalkhill Blue Lysandra coridon    
Adonis Blue Lysandra bellargus 30th May Folkestone
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus 12th April Haysden Country Park, Tonbridge
Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina 16th May Bonsai Bank, Canterbury
White Admiral Ladoga camilla 19th June Burnt Oak Wood
Purple Emperor Apatura iris 29th June Ide Hill
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta 3rd January Kingston
Painted Lady Cynthia cardui 4th February Snodland
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae 25th Janaury Dungeness
Peacock Inachis io 24th January Maidstone
Comma Polygonia c-album 17th March Ditton
Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne N/A Sadly most likely extinct in Kent
Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja 26th June Trosley Country Park
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia    
Heath Fritillary Mellicta athalia 4th June East Blean Woods, Canterbury
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria 22nd April Dover
Wall Brown Lasiommata megera 7th May Dover
Marbled White Melanargia galathea 14th June Langdon Cliffs, Dover
Grayling Hipparchia semele    
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus    
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina 8th June Lydden
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus 14th May Trosley Country Park
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus 13th June White Hill Reserve

Possible Monarch Sighting

We have received a report of a possible Monarch being seen in Kent. This butterfly is a rare migrant to the UK. For more information on the Monarch please click here.

Monarch
Photo © Kars Veling De Vlinderstichting – Dutch Butterfly Conservation

Pale Clouded Yellow Sighting

John Websper saw a Pale Clouded Yellow in Lydden on 8th June 2004. This butterfly is a rare migrant to the UK. For more information on the Pale Clouded Yellow please click here.

Pale Clouded Yellow
Photo © Kars Veling De Vlinderstichting – Dutch Butterfly Conservation

Have you seen any migrant butterflies in Kent this year? If so please let us know by emailing us @ mail@kentbutterflies.org