Protected under the UK Wildlife and Countryside Act, and a priority species under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, found in woodland clearings, rough grassland and south-facing hillsides in parts of south-western England, Cumbria and the Malvern Hills; mainland Europe and southern Scandinavia. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight was historically common in woodlands throughout but had declined drastically by the Second World War and became pretty much confined to the New Forest. Last seen on Wight in the 1950s and in the New Forest, Hampshire in 1987. Wingspan 60-67 mm. Best distinguished from Dark Green Fritillary by pattern on underside of the hindwing. Larva feeds on Common Dog-violet.
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Detail records |
Site | Date | Quantity | Recorder | Stage |
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VC11 South Hampshire |
South Oakley Inclosure, Burley, NF (SU20) | 1930 | - | Anon | - |
Linford Brook Valley (SU10) | 1960 | - | Anon | - |
Roe Inclosure, NF (SU20) | 1960 | - | Anon | - |
Stubby Copse Inclosure (SU30) | 1962 | - | Anon | - |
Broadley Inclosure, NF (SZ29) | 1967 | - | Anon | - |
Holmsley Inclosure, New Forest (SU20) | 1969 | - | Anon | - |
Parkhill Inclosure (SU30) | 1969 | - | Anon | - |
Wootton Coppice Inclosure (SZ29) | 1978 | - | Anon | - |
Roe Inclosure, NF (SU10) | 1980 | - | RWW | Adult |
Wootton Coppice (SZ29) | 1980 | - | Tindale, A | Adult |
Broadley Inclosure, NF (SZ29) | 1980 | - | Tindale, A | Adult |
Set Thorns Inclosure, NF (SZ29) | 1981 | - | Tindale, A | Adult |
Wootton Coppice (SZ29) | 1981 | - | Tindale, A | Adult |
Roe Inclosure, NF (SU10) | 1981 | - | RWW | Adult |
Broadley Inclosure, NF (SZ29) | 1981 | - | Tindale, A | Adult |
Set Thorns Inclosure, NF (SZ29) | 1981 | - | Anon | - |
Burley New Inclosure (SU20) | 1982 | - | RBG | Adult |
Holmsley, NF (SZ29) | 1983 | - | APF | Adult |
Burley, NF (SU10) | 1983 | - | APF | Adult |
Staplewood (SU30) | 1984 | - | Freeborn, K | Adult |
Set Thorns Inclosure, NF (SZ29) | 1985 | - | Smallbone, AC | Adult |
Bentley Wood (SU22) | 1986 | - | SIS | Adult |
Bentley Wood (SU22) | 1994 | - | Gibbons, M | Adult |
Bentley Wood (SU22) | 1994 | - | Gibbons, M | Adult |
Bentley Wood (SU22) | 1995 | - | Gibbons, M | Adult |
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VC12 North Hampshire |
Ashford Hill (SU56) | 1980 | - | Oates, M | Adult |
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