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LEPIDOPTERA |
The following butterflies and moths are listed numerically based on the Bradley Checklist of Lepidoptera (BCL) recorded from the British Isles. The numbers were allocated to the species, particularly the moths, beginning with the most primitive. Later discovered related species may be followed by a,b or c. |
BCL |
Common Name |
Scientific name |
Tetrads |
Garden |
Butterflies |
1526 |
Small Skipper |
Thymelicus sylvestris |
7 |
G |
1527 |
Essex Skipper |
Thylmelicus lineola |
1 |
|
1531 |
Large Skipper |
Ochlodes venata |
7 |
G |
1532 |
Dingy Skipper |
Erynnis lages |
1 |
|
1534 |
Grizzled Skipper |
Pyrgus malvae |
1 |
|
1546 |
Brimstone |
Gonepteryx rhami |
21 |
G |
1549 |
Large White |
Pieris brassicae |
19 |
G |
1550 |
Small White |
Pieris rapae |
12 |
G |
1551 |
Green-veined White |
Pieris napi |
8 |
G |
1553 |
Orange Tip |
Anthocharis cardamines |
19 |
G |
1555 |
Green Hairstreak |
Callophrys rubi |
1 |
|
1561 |
Small Copper |
Lycaena phlaeas |
6 |
G |
1569 |
Small Blue |
Cupidio minimus |
1 |
|
1572 |
Brown Argus |
Aricia agestis |
2 |
G |
1574 |
Common Blue |
Polyommatus icarus |
18 |
G |
1580 |
Holly Blue |
Celastrina argiolus |
16 |
G |
1590 |
Red Admiral |
Vanessa atalanta |
17 |
G |
1591 |
Painted Lady |
Cynthia cardui |
6 |
G |
1593 |
Small Tortoiseshell |
Aglais urticae |
18 |
G |
1597 |
Peacock |
Inachis io |
21 |
G |
1598 |
Comma |
Polygonia c-album |
15 |
G |
1608 |
Silver-washed Fritillary |
Argynnis paphia |
2 |
G |
1614 |
Speckled Wood |
Pararge aegeria |
18 |
G |
1620 |
Marbled White |
Melanargia galathea |
9 |
G |
1625 |
Gatekeeper |
Pyronia tithonis |
18 |
G |
1626 |
Meadow Brown |
Maniola jurtina |
14 |
G |
1627 |
Small Heath |
Coenonympha pamphilus |
2 |
G |
1629 |
Ringlet |
Aphantopus hypernatus |
12 |
G |
Micro-Moths |
73 |
|
Stigmella trimaculella |
1 |
G |
310 |
|
Callisto denticulella |
1 |
G |
424 |
Bird Cherry Ermine |
Yponomeuta evonymella |
3 |
G |
425 |
Orchard Ermine |
Yponomeuta padella |
1 |
G |
438 |
Ermine |
Swammerdamia pyrella |
1 |
G |
450 |
Hawthorn Moth |
Scythropia crataegella {Numonia suavella} |
1 |
G |
464 |
Diamond Back |
Plutella xylostella |
1 |
G |
644 |
|
Borkhausenia fuscescens |
1 |
G |
647 |
Brown House |
Hofmannophila pseudospetella |
2 |
G |
648 |
White-shoulder House |
Endrosis sarcitrella |
3 |
G |
649 |
|
Esperia sulphurella |
1 |
G |
656 |
|
Tachystola acroxanthe |
1 |
G |
658 |
|
Carcina quercana |
1 |
G |
663 |
|
Diurnea fagella |
2 |
G |
688 |
|
Agonopterix heracliana |
2 |
G |
873 |
|
Blastobasis lignea |
1 |
G |
889a |
|
Mompa bradleyi |
1 |
G |
937 |
|
Agapeta hamana |
2 |
G |
938 |
|
Agapeta zoegana |
1 |
G |
964 |
|
Cochylis dubitana |
1 |
G |
972 |
Dark Fruit Tree Tortrix |
Pandemis heparana |
1 |
G |
977 |
Large Fruit-tree Tortrix |
Archips podana |
1 |
G |
993 |
Cyclamen Tortrix |
Clepsis spectrana |
1 |
G |
998 |
Light Brown Apple |
Epiphyas postvittana |
3 |
G |
1002 |
|
Lozotaenia forsterana |
1 |
G |
1010 |
Red-barred Tortrix |
Ditula angustiorana |
1 |
G |
1011 |
|
Pseudargrotoza conwagana |
1 |
G |
1032 |
|
Aleimma loeflingiana |
1 |
G |
1033 |
Green Oak Tortrix |
Tortrix viridana |
3 |
G |
1036 |
|
Acleris forskaleana |
2 |
G |
1037 |
|
Acleris holmiana |
1 |
G |
1048 |
Garden Rose Tortrix |
Acleris variegana |
1 |
G |
1051 |
|
Acleris logiana |
1 |
G |
1053 |
|
Acleris hastiana |
1 |
G |
1063 |
|
Celpha striana |
1 |
G |
1113 |
|
Eudemis profundana |
1 |
G |
1175 |
Bramble Shoot |
Notocelia {Epiblema} uddmanniana |
2 |
G |
1184 |
|
Epiblema scutulana |
1 |
G |
1197 |
|
Eucosma campoliliana |
1 |
G |
1211 |
|
Rhyacionia pinicolana |
1 |
G |
1288 |
Twenty-plume |
Alucita hexadactyla |
2 |
G |
Pyralids |
1290 |
|
Chilo phragmitella |
1 |
G |
1293 |
Garden Grass Vaneer |
Chrysoteuchia culmella |
1 |
G |
1294 |
|
Crambus pascuella |
1 |
G |
1304 |
|
Agriphila straminella |
2 |
G |
1305 |
|
Agriphila tristella |
1 |
G |
1306 |
|
Agriphila inquinatella |
1 |
G |
1309 |
|
Agriphila geniculea |
1 |
G |
1315 |
|
Catoptria furcatellus |
1 |
G |
1328 |
|
Acrobasis {Trachycera} advenella |
2 |
G |
1329 |
|
Donacaula forficella |
3 |
G |
1333 |
|
Scoparia pyralelle |
1 |
G |
1338 |
|
Dipleurina lacustrata |
1 |
G |
1344 |
|
Eudonia mercurella |
1 |
G |
1345 |
Brown China-mark |
Elophila nymphaeata |
4 |
G |
1350 |
Beautiful China-mark |
Nymphula nitidulata {stagnata} |
2 |
G |
1354 |
Small China Mark |
Cataclysta lemnata |
2 |
G |
1356 |
Garden Pebble |
Evergestis forficalis |
3 |
G |
1361 |
|
Pyrausta aurata |
6 |
G |
1362 |
|
Pyrausta purpuralis |
1 |
G |
1376 |
Small Magpie |
Anania {Eurrhypara} hortulata |
7 |
G |
1378 |
|
Anania {Phlyctaenia} coronata |
2 |
G |
1390 |
|
Udea prunalis |
1 |
G |
1392 |
|
Udea olivalis |
3 |
G |
1398 |
Rush Vaneer |
Nomophila noctuella |
1 |
G |
1405 |
Mother of Pearl |
Pleuroptya ruralis |
6 |
G |
1413 |
Gold Triangle |
Hypsopygia costalis |
1 |
G |
1415 |
|
Hypsopygia {Orthopygia} glaucinalis |
4 |
G |
1424 |
|
Endotricha flammealis |
4 |
G |
1428 |
Bee Moth |
Aphomia sociella |
3 |
G |
1439 |
|
Acrobasis {Trachycera} advenella |
1 |
G |
1454 |
|
Dioryctria abietella |
1 |
G |
1458 |
Thistle Ermine |
Myelois circumvoluta |
2 |
G |
1470 |
|
|
1 |
G |
Other Micros |
1497 |
Plume |
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla |
1 |
G |
1509 |
Plume |
Stenoptilia pterodactyla |
1 |
G |
1513 |
Plume |
Pterophorus pentadactyla |
2 |
G |
1523 |
Plume |
Oidaematophorus lithodactyla |
1 |
G |
1524 |
Plume |
Emmelina monodactyla |
3 |
G |