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Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Nb

Local Status: Very rare and very local resident.

Local Record: Grade 4   See here for explanation

Flight time: -

Forewing: -

Foodplant: -

Regional breakdown:

 VC63
Year first recorded1883
Year last recorded2014
Number of records11
Number of individuals9
Unique positions7
Unique locations7
Adult records11
Immature records0

For the county, we have a total of 11 records from 7 sites. First recorded in 1883.
 

Photos

1698 Purple-bordered Gold 02
© Ron Moat
1698 Purple-bordered Gold 01
© Dave Williamson

Species Account

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: The only Yorkshire locality for this species is on Thorne Moors, near the border with Lincolnshire in VC63. It was last recorded here in 1982 (Skidmore et al., 1985) and although it is not definite that this record was in VC63 rather than VC54, there is no difference in the terrain on the two sides and a record in one probably means it is also present in the other.

Current status (CHF, 2011): Porritt said that this species occurred freely on Thorne Moors. It was last recorded at this site as recently as 1995 and probably still occurs.
 

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