Bulletin 33 - November 1987: Some Butterfly and Moth Recordings – Late 1986 to 1987
Some Butterfly and Moth Recordings – Late 1986 to 1987
By Len ReaneyDas Island, unless otherwise stated
| Year | 86 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 87 |
| Month | 11 | 12 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 04 | 04 | 04 | 04 | 04 | 04 |
| Day | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | |||||||||||
| Asian Grass Blue (Zizeeria karsandra) | c | c | c | c | c | fc | fc | c | c | c | c | At Khazna | |||||
| Pea Blue (Lampides boeticus) | c | c | c | c | fc | fc | s | fc | 3 | c | c | ||||||
| Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) | c | c | c | fc | s | s | s | fc | fc-s | s-fc | Jeema/Qidfa | c | c | ||||
| African Emigrant (Catopsilia florella) | Several 1981/82 Barry Bland | 1? | |||||||||||||||
| Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus) | Several 1986 | 2 | s | fc | 2 | 1 | c | c | c | ||||||||
| Small Cabbage White (Artogeia rapae) | Early 1986 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Hummingbird Hawk Moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) | 1 | 1 | 1 | s | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Striped H. Moth (Celerio livornica) | 2 | 1 dead | 1 | 1+1dead | |||||||||||||
| Death’s Head H. Moth (Acherontia atropos) | 1 in 1985 – R. Western | ||||||||||||||||
| (Streblote siva Lefebvre) | 1 | Also 1 late 1986 – ident. British Museum | |||||||||||||||
| Crimson Speckled Footman (Utetheisa pulchella) | 2 autumn 1986 | 2 | fc | 3 Bithnah | |||||||||||||
| Silver Striped H. Moth (Hippotion celerio) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ermine sp. | 2 dead in lampshade, early 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oleander H. Moth (Daphnis nerii) | 1 | 2 | S | ||||||||||||||
| Caper White (Anaphaeis aurota) | c | c | c | c | c | ||||||||||||
| Small Salmon Arab (Colotis calais) | 1 al Khazna | ||||||||||||||||
| Blue Pansy (Junonia arithya) | 1 | s | fc-s | 1 | c | c | c | ||||||||||
| Desert White (Pontia glauconome) | 1 | Jeema | |||||||||||||||
| Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus) | 1 | 2 Bithna | |||||||||||||||
| Diadem (Hypolimnas misippus) | c E. coast | ||||||||||||||||
| Small Cupid (Childades parrhasius) | 1 Qidfa | ||||||||||||||||
| White-edged Rock Brown (Hipparchia parisatis) | Wadi Khabb/Uyaynah | c | c | ||||||||||||||
| Balkam Pierrot (Taracus balkanicus) | Wadi Uyaynah | c |
Key: c: common; fc: fairly common; s: scarce
(Ed. note: the original hand-drawn chart is available via the link below.)
