Confirmatory details are needed for species in square brackets.
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Hesperiidae
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Small Skipper
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July-Aug
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Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus)
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Likes tall rough grass, in wilder parts
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Essex Skipper
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July-Aug
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Cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata) & Creeping
soft grass
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Likes tall rough grass, flies with Small Skipper
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Large Skipper
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June-Aug
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Cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata)
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Mostly at Queen's Cottage Grounds, males sit on sunlit
bramble leaves
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Pieridae Color
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Clouded Yellow
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May-Sep
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Various Leguminosae
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Migrant in variable numbers each year.
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Brimstone
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Feb-Sep
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Purging buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) and alder
buckthorn (Frangula alnus)
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Widespread, one brood, adults hibernate in ivy and
other evergreens.
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Large White
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May-Sep
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Brassica species, fond of cabbages and Brussels
sprouts
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Both resident and migrant.
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Small White
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Apr-Oct
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Cabbages and wild Cruciferae
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Common, two broods annually.
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Green-veined White
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Apr-Sep
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Wild Cruciferae
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Fairly common, favours damper areas, two broods
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Orange Tip
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Apr-June
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Lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis) and hedge
garlic (Alliaria petiolata)
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Widespread in small numbers, one brood annually.
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Lycaenidae
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Green Hairstreak
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May-June
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Various families
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Not seen regularly.
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White-letter Hairstreak
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July-Aug
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Elms (Ulmus species)
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Survives at Kew on exotic elms and elm suckers regenerating
along the towpath in the wake of Dutch Elm Disease.
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Purple Hairstreak
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July-Aug
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Oaks (Quercus species)
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Along Syon Vista and in area of Queen's Cottage Grounds,
usually high up
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Small Copper
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May-Sep
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Common sorrel (Rumex acetosa) and sheep's sorrel
(Rumex acetosella)
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Uncommon, likes sunny open ground, two broods annually
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Long-tailed Blue
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Aug-Sep
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Various Leguminosae
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One record, on 2nd Sep 1990
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Common Blue
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May-Sep
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Bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
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Scarce, two broods annually
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Holly Blue
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Apr-Aug
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Holly (Ilex aquifolium) in spring then ivy (Hedera
helix) in summer
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Quite common but numbers vary greatly, two broods
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Nymphalidae
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Red Admiral
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May-Nov
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Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
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Migrant and breeding with at least one example of successful
hibernation.
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Painted Lady
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June-Sep
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Thistles (Cirsium and Carduus species)
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Rather rare but probably annual visitor
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Small Tortoiseshell
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Mar-Oct
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Nettles (Urtica dioica and U. urens)
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Common, two broods
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Peacock
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Feb-Sep
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Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
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Fairly common, one brood
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Comma
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Mar-Oct
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Hop (Humulus lupulus), nettles (Urtica)
and elms (Ulmus)
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Fairly common, two broods
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Satyridae
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Speckled Wood
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Apr-Oct
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Cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata) and couch (Agropyron
repens)
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Common under trees in dappled sunlight
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Wall Brown
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May-Sep
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Various Gramineae
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One record in August
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Marbled White
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June-Aug
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Various Gramineae
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Several records each year but not breeding at Kew.
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Gatekeeper
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July-Aug
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Various Gramineae
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Increasing with each year and now common
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Meadow Brown
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June-Sep
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Various Gramineae
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Very common in grassland
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Small Heath
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May-Sep
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Fescues (Festuca species) and bents (Agrostis
species)
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Uncommon, mostly in SW part of Gardens
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Ringlet
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July-Aug
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Various tall Gramineae
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One reported in 1992
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