Butterfly Conservation Dorset Branch

Marsh Fritillary

Eurodryas aurinia

 
 
When to see: Early May to Mid July.
Peak: June
Habitat: Meadows, rough ground, downland
Where to see: Deadmoor Common, Hod Hill, Lydlinch Common, Fontmell Down, Melbury Down, Cerne Abbas, Powerstock Railway, Lankham Bottom

Foodplants:

Devilsbit Scabious

Behaviour: Patrol
   

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