Insects disturbed from hibernation in December, January and February are omitted. Records are compiled by the Cheshire County Recorder for butterflies, Barry Shaw. Please see our Recording page for information on how to submit records.
Species |
Earliest |
Year |
Locality |
Latest |
Year |
Locality |
| Small Skipper | 5 June | 1997 | Chester | 10 Oct | 1995 | Fiddler's Ferry |
| Large Skipper | 23 May | 2003 | Moss Side (Moore) | 20 Aug |
1995 | Ashton's Flash |
| Dingy Skipper | 23 April | 2003 | Ashton's Flash | 30 June |
1996 | Ashton's Flash |
| Clouded Yellow | 11 May | 2006 | Heswall | 1 Nov |
2006 | Woolston Eyes |
| Brimstone | 2 March | 2003 | Fiddler's Ferry | 1 Nov |
2001 | Somerford |
| Large White | 18 March | 2005 | Shavington | 2 Nov |
1995 | Heswall |
| Small White | 17 March | 1999 | Barnston | 30 Oct |
1999 | Woolston Eyes |
| Green-veined White | 17 March | 2003 | Holmes Chapel | 18 Oct |
1997 | Parkgate |
| Orange Tip | 13 March | 2000 | Nantwich | 27 July |
1990 | Hilbre Island |
| Green Hairstreak | 4 April | 2002 | Saltersley Moss | 22 July |
1994 | Red Rocks Marsh |
| Purple Hairstreak | 17 June | 2006 | Chester | 11 Sept |
2000 | Newgate |
| White-letter Hairstreak | 10 June | 2007 | Ellesmere Port | 26 Aug | 1984 | Hatchmere |
| Small Copper | 31 March | 2004 | Newgate, Wilmslow | 12 Nov | 2003 | Heswall |
| Silver-studded Blue | 15 June | 2003 | Thurstaston | 14 Aug | 1996 | Thurstaston |
| Common Blue | 16 April | 1993 | Ditton | 23 Oct | 2001 | Delamere Forest |
| Holly Blue | 22 March | 1999 | Crewe | 23 Oct | 2005 | Wallasey |
| White Admiral | 29 June | 2004 | Woolstonwood | 27 July | 2004 | Alsager |
| Red Admiral | 5 March | 2002 | Widnes | 30 Nov | 2001 | Holmes Chapel |
| Painted Lady | 24 March | 2005 | Audlem | 9 Nov | 2006 | Chester |
| Small Tortoiseshell | 1 March | 2002 | Inner Marsh Farm | 25 Nov | 1995 | Holmes Chapel |
| Camberwell Beauty | 12 March | 1977 | Thurstaston | 12 Sept | 1999 | Birchwood |
| Peacock | 5 March | 2002 | Inner Marsh Farm | 27 Nov | 1994 | Fiddler's Ferry |
| Comma | 2 March | 2003 | Delamere Forest | 5 Nov | 1998 | Holmes Chapel |
| Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary | 26 May | 1992 | Delamere Forest | 22 July | 1991 | Delamere Forest |
| Dark Green Fritillary | 12 June | 1996 | Caldy Nature Park | 24 Aug | 1990 | Alderley Park |
| Silver-washed Fritillary | 16 July | 1995 | Knutsford Heath | 25 Aug | 2006 | Macclesfield Forest |
| Speckled Wood | 19 March | 1998 | Wimbolds Trafford | 1 Nov | 2001 | New Ferry |
| Wall | 3 April | 1990 | Holmes Chapel | 29 Oct | 1995 | Marbury C.P. |
| Grayling | 15 June | 2006 | Ashton's Flash | 23 Sept | 1994 | Hilbre Island |
| Gatekeeper | 31 May | 1995 | Thurstaston | 25 Oct | 1997 | Fiddler's Ferry |
| Meadow Brown | 25 May | 1995 | Fiddler's Ferry | 10 Oct | 1994 | Chester |
| Small Heath | 11 May | 1982 | Moreton | 28 Sept | 1992 | Meols |
| Marbled White | 7 June | 1982 | Bromborough | 21 Aug | 1994 | Little Budworth |
| Ringlet | 20 June | 2005 | Wych Valley | 10 Aug | 2003 | Weston |
| Monarch | Sept | 1949 | Broughton | 5 Oct | 1999 | Nantwich |
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