Butterfly Conservation Dorset Branch
BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION DORSET BRANCH
DEDICATED TO SAVING WILD BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS
AND THEIR HABITATS
Butterfly Conservation

 

Holly Blue

Celastrina argiolus

 
 
When to see: 1st Brood: End March to Early June.2nd Brood: July to Mid September
Habitat: Lanes, rides, anywhere
Where to see: Cashmoor, Clubmen's Down, Piddle's Wood, Ballard Down, Durlston CP East, Townsend Quarry, Ham Common, Kinson Common, Stour Valley

Foodplants:

1st Brood: Holly. 2nd Brood: Ivy
Behaviour: Patrol