METALMARKS AND FRITILLARIES
SMALL PEARL-BORDERED FRITILLARY
Marsh FritillaryEurodryas aurinia |
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When to see: |
Early May to Mid July. |
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Habitat: |
Meadows, rough ground, downland |
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Where to see: |
Hod Hill, Lydlinch Common, Cerne Abbas, Lankham Bottom, Clubmens Down, Southfield Hogcliffe |
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Foodplants: |
Devilsbit Scabious |
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Behaviour: |
Patrol |
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Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria euphrosyne |
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When to see: |
May and June. |
Habitat: |
Coppice Woodland rides, commons |
Where to see: |
Now sadly believed to be extinct in Dorset; previously found at Piddles Wood and Stubhampton Bottom |
Foodplants: |
Dog Violet |
Behaviour: |
Patrol |
Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia |
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When to see: |
End June to End August. |
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Habitat: |
Woodland |
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Where to see: |
Deadmoor Common, Duncliffe Wood, Fifehead Wood, Lydlinch Common, Piddles Wood, Stubhampton Bottom, Oaker's Wood, Studland, Brackett's Coppice, Powerstock Railway, Avon Heath CP North, Garston Wood |
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Foodplants: |
Dog Violet |
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Behaviour: |
Patrol |
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The Green form, valezina, is also found frequently in Dorset |
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Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene |
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When to see: |
End May to Early July. |
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Habitat: |
Coppice woodland rides, commons |
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Where to see: |
Bindon Hill, Stonebarrow Down |
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Foodplants: |
Dog Violet |
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Behaviour: |
Patrol |
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Duke of BurgundyHamearis lucina |
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When to see: |
Early May to End June. |
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Habitat: |
Downland, woodland rides/clearings |
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Where to see: |
Private sites only |
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Foodplants: |
Cowslips, Primroses |
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Behaviour: |
Perch |
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