| Species Name |
Suffolk Status |
|
Small Skipper |
Common Resident |
|
Essex Skipper |
Common Resident |
|
Large Skipper |
Common resident |
|
Dingy Skipper |
Very rare resident |
|
Swallowtail |
Occasional visitor or migrant,
from Norfolk or the continent
|
|
Clouded Yellow |
Rare migrant |
|
Brimstone |
Common resident, particularly in
west Suffolk |
|
Large White |
Very Common resident |
|
Small White |
Very Common resident |
|
Green-veined White |
Very Common resident |
|
Orange Tip |
Very common resident |
|
Green Hairstreak |
Local resident, mainly in the
Sandlings and the Brecks |
|
Purple Hairstreak |
Resident |
|
White-letter Hairstreak |
Scarce resident, Suffolk BAP
species |
|
Brown Hairstreak |
Unofficial introduction
in SW Ipswich 10 years ago but seems sustainable. |
|
Small Copper |
Resident, most numerous in the
Sandlings and Brecks |
|
Long-tailed Blue |
Scarce Migrant or
introduced on food-plant. Cannot survive winters. |
|
Silver-studded Blue |
Rare resident confined to the
Sandlings, Suffolk BAP species |
|
Chalk-hill Blue |
Confined in small
numbers to one private site although plentiful on Devil's Dyke just
over the border in Cambs |
|
Brown Argus |
Common resident |
|
Common Blue |
Common resident |
|
Holly Blue |
Common resident |
|
White Admiral |
Scarce resident, Suffolk BAP
species
|
|
Purple Emperor |
Recent scarce resident |
|
Red Admiral |
Common resident and migrant |
|
Painted Lady |
Common migrant |
|
Small Tortoiseshell |
Common resident and migrant
but becoming increasingly less common. |
|
Scarce/Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell |
Occasional sighting but
becoming increasingly common in the Netherlands. None in the
2019-2023 period |
|
Peacock |
Common resident |
|
Comma |
Resident |
|
Queen of Spain
Fritillary |
Scarce migrant. Bred
near Minsmere some years ago. Unofficial release at East
Bergolt in 2023 was not sustainable. |
|
Silver-washed Fritillary |
Recent scarce resident
but now present in several woods. |
|
Marsh Fritillary |
Unofficial introduction
at Market Weston Fen but seems to be surviving |
|
Speckled Wood |
Increasingly common resident
but seems to have declined again |
|
Wall Brown |
Declining resident |
|
Marbled White |
Introduced colony in
Ipswich. Some sightings in West of Suffolk. Now spreading
naturally from the SW |
|
Grayling |
Resident, confined to the
Sandlings and Brecks, Suffolk BAP species
|
|
Gatekeeper |
Common resident |
|
Meadow Brown |
Common resident |
|
Ringlet |
Common resident |
|
Small Heath |
Declining resident, especially
away from the Sandlings and Brecks |
