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Aricia agestis
Brown Argus
29.5.2005
New Monks Farm
Disused arable field
Lysandra coridon Chalkhill Blue - male
Nr. Truleigh Hill, Shoreham
Size: 38 mmLarval Foodplant: Horseshoe Vetch
(Occasionally Bird's-foot Trefoil and other legumes)
Lysandra bellargus
Adonis Blue
recorded: 26.5.03
Mill Hill, Shoreham
Size: 27-32 mm
Notes: pair mating.
Larval foodplant : Horseshoe Vetch
Polyommatus icarus
Common Blue - male
29.5.2005
New Monks Farm
Disused Arable Field
Polyommatus icarus
Common Blue - male
recorded: 27.7.03
Foodplants : Bird's foot trefoil
Polyommatus icarus (f)
Common Blue
20.8.2005
Garden
Polyommatus icarus
Common Blue - female
recorded : 25.5.2004
site: Lancing Ring Meadows
Celastrina argiolus
Holly Blue
20.4.2005
Mash Barn Lane
Celastrina argiolus
Holly Blue -
St Bernards Court, Lancing
5.4.2005
Celastrina argiolus
Holly Blue - female
Wingspan: 30 mmLarval foodplant
1st brood : Holly or Dogwood, Spindle Gorse, Bramble, Raspberry, Hop
2nd brood : Ivy
Celastrina argiolus
Holly Blue
Lancing Ring Meadows
25.5.04
Lysaena phlaeas
Small Copper
Wingspan: 25 mm
recorded :
site: Meadows, Lancing Ring
Larval Foodplant : Sorrel and Dock
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