Over-wintering butterflies (the Brimstone, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, and Comma) can occasionally be disturbed from hibernation and have, therefore, been omitted from this list. 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 | 2 June | 2007 | Rixton Claypits | 10 Oct | 1995 | Fiddler's Ferry |
| Large Skipper | 12 May | 2007 | Dutton | 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 |
| Large White | 16 March | 2009 | Moore & Rixton | 13 Nov | 2003 | Prenton |
| Small White | 17 March | 1999 | Barnston | 30 Oct |
1999 | Woolston Eyes |
| Green-veined White | 17 March | 2003 | Holmes Chapel | 1 Nov |
2009 | Rixton Claypits |
| 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 | 19 March | 2009 | Moore | 12 Nov | 2003 | Heswall |
| Long-tailed Blue | 12 July | 2006 | Huntington | 12 July | 2006 | Huntington |
| 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 |
| Painted Lady | 24 March | 2005 | Audlem | 15 Nov | 2009 | Congleton |
| Camberwell Beauty | 12 March | 1977 | Thurstaston | 12 Sept | 1999 | Birchwood |
| 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 | 23 Nov | 2007 | Northwich |
| 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 | 3 May | 2007 | Thurstason | 28 Sept | 1992 | Meols |
| Marbled White | 7 June | 1982 | Bromborough | 21 Aug | 1994 | Little Budworth |
| Ringlet | 16 June | 2009 | Walgherton | 10 Aug | 2005 | Weston |
| Monarch | Sept | 1949 | Broughton | 5 Oct | 1999 | Nantwich |