Species
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Host Plant
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Comma |
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), Hop (Humulus lupulus), currants (Ribes spp.) |
Common Blue |
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) |
Dingy Skipper |
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus),
Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis cornosa) |
Green-veined White |
Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale), Cuckooflower (Cardamine protensis), Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) |
Holly Blue |
Holly (Ilex aquifolium), Ivy (Hedera helix) |
Large Skipper |
Cock's foot (Dactylus glomerate), False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) |
Large White |
Cultivated varieties of Brassica Oleracea such as Cabbage and Brussel sprouts, Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus), Wild Mignonette (Reseda lutea) |
Meadow Brown |
Grasses, fescues (festucca spp.), meadow-grasses (Poa spp.), bents (Agrostis spp.) |
Orange Tip |
Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis), Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolate), Honesty (Lunaria annua) |
Painted Lady |
Thistles (Cirsium spp. and Carduus spp.), Stinging nettle (Urbica dioica) |
Peacock |
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) |
Red Admiral |
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), Hop (Humulus lupulus) |
Ringlet |
Cock's foot (Dactylus glomerate), False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), Tufted hair-grass (Deschampsia cespitosa), Common Couch (Elytrigia repens) |
Small Copper |
Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa), Sheep's Sorrel (Rumex acetosella) |
Small Skipper |
Yorkshire-fog (Holcus lanatus) |
Small Tortoiseshell |
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), Small Nettle (Urtica Urens) |
Small White |
Cultivated varieties of Brassica Oleracea such as Cabbage. Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus), Wild Mignonette (Reseda lutea), Hedge Mustard (Sisymbrium officinale), Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolate) |
Wall Brown |
Cock's foot (Dactylus glomerate), False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), Yorkshire-fog (Holcus lanatus), Wavy hair-grass (Deschampsia flexuosa)
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