Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Fairly common and fairly widespread resident.

Local Record: Grade 2 See here for explanation

Flight time: Two generations, May-Jul, Aug-Sep.

Forewing: 14-17mm.

Foodplant: Red, White and Sea Campion.

Regional breakdown:

	VC61	VC62	VC63	VC64	VC65
Year first recorded	1883	1883	1883	1883	1883
Year last recorded	2014	2014	2014	2014	2015
Number of records	1175	294	366	930	142
Number of individuals	905	310	363	1759	188
Unique positions	99	53	89	124	26
Unique locations	99	54	89	125	24
Adult records	1155	282	335	899	139
Immature records	0	0	0	1	0

For the county, we have a total of 2907 records from 391 sites. First recorded in 1883.

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Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Fairly widespread and often common on lower ground in all five vice-counties but less frequent in higher areas. The larvae can be found on red campion where it grows in open situations such as roadside verges but not in shade (PQW).

2012 (CHF): Widespread and fairly common across most of the county. Numbers have grown in the last few years. Since 1990 the second brood has become more common and it now clearly has two overlapping broods, the second being smaller.

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