Butterfies are amazing
Butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers (formerly the superfamily "Hesperioidea"), and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies (formerly the superfamily "Hedyloidea"). Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, which was about 56 million years ago.
and pyramidal orchid are to be found at the SSSI. Butterfies such as the brimstone, speckled wood and small heath have been seen visiting the site.
The site was notified in 1971.
Sources.
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 8 May 2019)
External links.
- Natural England website (SSSI information)