dark green fritillary
argynnis aglaja latin

Scarce species include a single Dark Green Fritillary in 1999.

In summer you may see dark green fritillary, adonis blue and chalkhill blue butterflies.

Update 7 July: Just posted part two: Dark green fritillary to holly blue.

Other meadow insects found include the Dark Green Fritillary.

The Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

These include butterflies such as the Dark Green Fritillary, Grayling and Marsh Fritillary.

The grassland supports a variety of butterfly species including Dingy Skipper, Dark Green Fritillary and Common Blue.

The site, along with the adjoining Horsey Dunes, hosts the largest colonies of Dark Green Fritillary and Grayling butterflies in Norfolk.

There are also several species of butterfly including; Chalkhill blue, Dark Green Fritillary, Meadow Brown, Marbled White, small heath, and common blue.

Dark Green Fritillary, and Grayling Butterflies bask in the sun during July and August in the Lindisfarne NNR.

Various butterflies and moths can be found here, including the Dark Green Fritillary and Gatekeeper butterflies and Scarlet Tiger and Portland moth.

Bugle, bramble and thistle flowers are favourite nectar sources of the Pearl-bordered fritillary, High brown fritillary, Small pearl-bordered fritillary and Dark Green Fritillary.

Several species of butterfly became extinct owing to the loss of habitat to scrub, notably the Adonis Blue, Silver-studded Blue, Dingy Skipper, and Dark Green Fritillary.

There are strong colonies of Small Blue, Marbled White, Dark Green Fritillary and Green Hairstreak butterflies and numerous moths, snails, spiders and tiny False Scorpions.

The Dark Green Fritillary uses violets within Bracken mosaics frequently consisting of one-third Bracken and two-thirds grass, often on the edges of suitable High Brown Fritillary habitat.

Butterflies are particularly notable including Common Blue, Brown Argus, Grizzled and Dingy Skipper, Green and Purple Hairstreak, and Dark Green Fritillary.

Much of it is chalk grassland which is rich in plants which are rare in Greater London, and it is one of only two sites in London which has the Dark Green Fritillary butterfly.

There has been some dispute for which species the specific name aglaja (or aglaia), used twice by Linnaeus in 1758, applies - the Redbase Jezebel, or the Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja), a brush-footed butterfly.

Strong populations of other downland species such as Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon and Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja are found, and of note here is the occurrence of Grayling Hipparchia semele, a butterfly rarely found away from the coast.

Other butterfly species to be found on and around the site include for the Duke of Burgundy Hamaeris lucina, the Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae, the Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja and the Small Blue Cupido minimus.

The Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

There has been some dispute for which species the specific name aglaja (or aglaia), used twice by Linnaeus in 1758, applies - the Redbase Jezebel, or the Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja), a brush-footed butterfly.

Strong populations of other downland species such as Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon and Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja are found, and of note here is the occurrence of Grayling Hipparchia semele, a butterfly rarely found away from the coast.

Other butterfly species to be found on and around the site include for the Duke of Burgundy Hamaeris lucina, the Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae, the Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja and the Small Blue Cupido minimus.