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Species Account for Issoria lathonia

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Issoria lathonia  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Lepidoptera: butterflies: Nymphalidae

 
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Taxonomic group: butterflies (Lepidoptera: butterflies) - County data

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Records: 9
First Record: 2015
Latest Record: 2022

1992-on hectads: 5
Pre-1992 hectads: 0
Total hectads: 5

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A rare migrant, certainly to the East Coast. The most recent sighting (a male and a female) occurred at the Fordham Hall Estate in August 2015 adjacent to recently disturbed ground (gas main works) with the larval host plant present (Viola sp.). Previous sightings occurred in 1995, 3 of which were coastal, but another inland at Kelvedon, suggesting that this species will continue its migratory behaviour to find suitable habitat if not found by the coast. The 1995 migration resulted in a colonisation at Minsmere, Suffolk that persisted for several years. South Coast colonisations have persisted for less time. It is thought that migratory females can be accompanied by small groups of males (UKbutterflies - N Hulme, 2017) References

Species text last edited on Sun Oct 22nd 2017 by user 745

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