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Checklist 2008

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Refer also to my Season Blog 2008 for comments on how the butterfly year is progressing.
Two fellow lepsters living nearby maintain similar lists - Guy Padfield (also in Switzerland) and Tim Cowles (Lyon).

1 Gonepteryx rhamni Brimstone 23 Feb Lausanne Switzerland
2 Nymphalis antiopa Camberwell Beauty 2 Mar Valais Switzerland
3 Nymphalis polychloros Large Tortoiseshell 2 Mar Valais Switzerland
4 Pyrgus malvae Grizzled Skipper 2 Mar Valais Switzerland
5 Artogeia rapae Small White 2 Mar Valais Switzerland
6 Aglais urticae Small Tortoiseshell 2 Mar Valais Switzerland
7 Issoria lathonia Queen of Spain Fritillary 2 Mar Valais Switzerland
8 Polygonia c-album Comma 2 Mar Valais Switzerland
9 Colias croceus Clouded Yellow 2 Mar Valais Switzerland
10 Inachis io Peacock 15 Mar Valais Switzerland
11 Pseudophilotes baton Baton Blue 22 Mar Var France
12 Gonepteryx cleopatra Cleopatra 23 Mar Var France
13 Vanessa atalanta Red Admiral 23 Mar Var France
14 Euchloe crameri Western Dappled White 23 Mar Var France
15 Parage aegeria Speckled Wood 23 Mar Var France
16 Pieris brassicae Large White 23 Mar Var France
17 Callophrys avis Green Hairstreak 23 Mar Var France
18 Callophrys rubi Chapman's Green Hairstreak 23 Mar Var France
19 Atogeia mannii Southern Small White 23 Mar Var France
20 Lasiommata megera Wall 23 Mar Var France
21 Carcharodus alceae Mallow Skipper 23 Mar Var France
22 Iphiclides podalirius Scarce Swallowtail 13 Apr Var France
23 Euchloe tagis Portuguese Dappled White 13 Apr Var France
24 Cupido minimus Small Blue 13 Apr Var France
25 Erynnis tages Dingy Skipper 13 Apr Var France
26 Leptidea sinapis Wood White 13 Apr Var France
27 Boloria euphrosyne Pearl Bordered Fritillary 13 Apr Var France
28 Aricia agestis Brown Argus 13 Apr Var France
29 Zerynthia polyxena Southern Festoon 13 Apr Var France
30 Clossiana dia Violet Fritillary 13 Apr Var France
31 Colias alfacariensis Berger's Clouded Yellow 13 Apr Var France
32 Glaucopsyche melanops Black Eyed Blue 13 Apr Var France
33 Glaucopsyche alexis Green Underside Blue 13 Apr Var France
34 Anthocharis euphenoides Provencal Orange Tip 13 Apr Var France
35 Anthocharis cardamines Orange Tip 13 Apr Var France
36 Pontia daplidice Bath White 13 Apr Var France
37 Celastrina argiolus Holly Blue 13 Apr Var France
38 Cynthia cardui Painted Lady 13 Apr Var France
39 Coenonympha pamphilus Small Heath 15 Apr Var France
40 Erebia epistygne Spring Ringlet 15 Apr Var France
41 Spialia sertorius Red Underwing Skipper 15 Apr Var France
42 Tomares ballus Provence Hairstreak 15 Apr Var France
43 Pieris napi Green Veined White 20 Apr Valais Switzerland
44 Papilio machaon Swallowtail 20 Apr Valais Switzerland
45 Polyommatus icarus Common Blue 20 Apr Valais Switzerland
46 Everes alcetas Provencal Short Tailed Blue 27 Apr Valais Switzerland
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