Table 2. Results of Butterfly transect counts 1988-2002

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Trench Wood Butterflies
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 Total
Brimstone 21 19 45 86 51 43 32 38 33 35 39 31 34 32 539
Brown Argus 3 1 1 1 2 8
Clouded Yellow 1 3 4
Comma 7 9 37 12 15 12 3 19 11 17 8 8 30 25 213
Common Blue 8 5 18 6 12 4 28 32 54 19 4 2 2 15 209
Gatekeeper 63 86 144 209 188 63 115 217 395 145 108 88 97 101 2019
Grayling 1 1
Green-veined White 29 17 23 20 45 31 55 42 30 48 42 28 32 45 487
Grizzled Skipper 5 3 14 14 5 3 1 3 1 49
Holly Blue 7 7 8 1 7 9 1 7 47
Large Skipper 39 56 26 13 27 28 37 86 48 42 38 35 41 42 558
Large White 16 18 19 15 26 21 21 26 7 31 23 18 21 32 294
Marbled White 1 3 1 1 1 7
Marsh Fritillary 2 9 4 1 2 1 3 22
Meadow Brown 36 48 122 84 90 64 71 184 56 58 47 77 96 196 1229
Orange-tip 2 4 6 4 7 11 8 23 15 8 5 13 12 12 130
Painted Lady 3 3 5 60 8 1 4 7 91
Peacock 50 18 24 86 52 73 17 32 112 96 87 60 58 57 822
Pearl-bordered Fritillary 2 2
Purple Hairstreak 1 3 3 6 15 2 7 17 4 5 4 11 3 81
Red Admiral 3 6 2 5 5 1 6 9 3 4 1 4 4 53
Ringlet 99 90 58 108 143 107 92 109 144 115 157 236 199 144 1801
Silver-washed Fritillary 1 3 2 6
Small Copper 5 10 3 2 4 8 4 2 38
Small Heath 3 1 1 2 7
Small Skipper 38 38 38 52 39 32 73 63 96 37 15 23 14 31 589
Small Tortoiseshell 3 7 6 6 5 9 6 10 1 12 4 4 5 20 98
Small White 10 26 10 8 15 6 28 206 28 83 12 9 19 17 477
Speckled Wood 71 42 37 44 59 75 61 71 66 75 69 33 52 38 793
White Admiral 15 9 6 5 26 43 29 18 30 19 30 16 17 7 270
White-letter Hairstreak 1 2 2 5 1 1 12
Grand Total 521 504 666 790 831 659 696 1202 1228 859 717 690 756 837

 

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