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Male.
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Female.
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Egg on alder buckthorn.
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Larva in the classic mid-leaf position.
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Large larva nearing pupation.
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Pupa hanging from a buckthorn leaf - side view
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Pupa - dorsal view
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Information
| UK BAP status: | Not listed |
| Local status: | Common.
Distributed over whole county.
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| Size: | Large. |
| Larval foodplant: | Buckthorn and Alder Buckthorn. |
| No. of broods: | One. |
| Flight time(s): | New brood emerges in late July and into August and soon hibernates, emerging the following spring to breed. It continues to live until about June, making it one of the longest lived butterflies as an adult at about 10 to 11 months. Numbers dip in July between broods. |
| Winter: | Hibernates as an adult, often in Ivy.
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| Habits: | Flies on warm/hot sunny days. May not be seen on cooler days even though other butterflies are flying.
Never rests with wings open. |
| Habitats: | May occur anywhere but its larval foodplants occur mostly in scrubby woodland and hedgerows. |
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