Butterfly Conservation Dorset Branch

Silver-washed Fritillary

Argynnis paphia

 
 
When to see: End June to End August.
Peak: Mid July to Late August
Habitat: Woodland
Where to see: Deadmoor Common, Duncliffe Wood, Fifehead Wood, Lydlinch Common, Piddle's Wood, Stubhampton Bottom, Oaker's Wood, Studland, Brackett's Coppice, Powerstock Railway, Avon Heath CP North, Garston Wood

Foodplants:

Dog Violet

Dog Violet

Behaviour: Patrol
  The Green form, valezina, is also found frequently in Dorset

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