Latin Name

Common Name

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Habitat, distribution

Butterflies :

Boloria euphrosyne

Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Woodland clearings in England and Wales, more common in south.

Aricia artaxerxes *
(Subsp. salmacis)

Northern Brown Argus (Durham Brown Argus)

Rough grassy banks and hillsides. (Southern race occurs from Derbyshire to Scottish border).

Plebejus argus *

Silver Studded Blue

Heathland. Also occurs on chalk / limestone grassland.

Lysandra bellergus *

Adonis Blue

Restricted to south England chalk and limestone hills and lowlands.

Cupido minimus *

Small Blue

Chalk / limestone grassland.

Maculinea arion

Large Blue

Reintroduced species – rough southern grassland with wild thyme and Myrmica ants.

Other invertebrates:

Hirudo medicinalis

Medicinal Leech

Muddy ponds, poached edges.

Nematostela vectensis

Edwardsia ivelli

Libellula fulva

Scarse Chaser Dragonfly

River floodplains, water meadows and occasionally gravel pits. Preference for nutrient rich backwaters with prolific emergent vegetation.