A list of the butterflies recorded in the Folkestone & Hythe area, with year of most recent occurrence and first sighting dates since 2011, is now available to download as an Excel spreadsheet by clicking here.
Historical lists:
Henry Knaggs’ list of macro-lepidoptera occurring in the neighbourhood of Folkestone (1870).
Henry Ullyett’s list of macro-lepidoptera occurring in the neighbourhood of Folkestone (1880).
Arthur Morley’s list of macro-lepidoptera occurring in the neighbourhood of Folkestone (1931).
The Folkestone & Hythe area butterfly list currently stands at 58 species.
56.001 – Apollo
56.003 – Swallowtail
57.001 – Dingy Skipper
57.002 – Grizzled Skipper
57.005 – Essex Skipper
57.006 – Small Skipper
57.008 – Silver-spotted Skipper
57.009 – Large Skipper
58.001 – Wood White
58.003 – Orange-tip
58.005 – Black-veined White
58.006 – Large White
58.007 – Small White
58.008 – Green-veined White
58.009 – Bath White
58.010 – Clouded Yellow
58.011 – Pale Clouded Yellow
58.012 – Berger’s Clouded Yellow
58.013 – Brimstone
59.001 – Monarch
59.002 – Wall
59.003 – Speckled Wood
59.005 – Small Heath
59.009 – Ringlet
59.010 – Meadow Brown
59.011 – Gatekeeper
59.012 – Marbled White
59.013 – Grayling
59.014 – Pearl-bordered Fritillary
59.015 – Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
59.016 – Queen of Spain Fritillary
59.017 – Silver-washed Fritillary
59.019 – Dark Green Fritillary
59.020 – High Brown Fritillary
59.021 – White Admiral
59.022 – Purple Emperor
59.023 – Red Admiral
59.024 – Painted Lady
59.026 – Peacock
59.027 – Small Tortoiseshell
59.028 – Camberwell Beauty
59.029 – Large Tortoiseshell
59.031 – Comma
59.034 – Glanville Fritillary
60.001 – Duke of Burgundy
61.001 – Small Copper
61.003 – Brown Hairstreak
61.004 – Purple Hairstreak
61.005 – Green Hairstreak
61.006 – White-letter Hairstreak
61.008 – Long-tailed Blue
61.010 – Small Blue
61.012 – Holly Blue
61.014 – Silver-studded Blue
61.015 – Brown Argus
61.018 – Common Blue
61.019 – Adonis Blue
61.020 – Chalk Hill Blue
Not proven:
Purple-edged Copper
59.036 – Heath Fritillary
61.013 – Large Blue
61.017 – Mazarine Blue