Small photograph of a Ringlet
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Great Yeldham
22 June 2011
Small photograph of a Ringlet
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Great Yeldham
23 June 2011
Small photograph of a Ringlet
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Great Yeldham
30 June 2010
Small photograph of a Ringlet
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Great Yeldham
3 July 2010
Small photograph of a Ringlet
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Great Yeldham
3 July 2012
Small photograph of a Ringlet
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Great Yeldham
3 July 2012
Small photograph of a Ringlet
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Great Yeldham
12 July 2012
Small photograph of a Ringlet
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Great Yeldham
3 August 2012

The Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus

The Ringlet is one of our more common butterflies. It produces just one brood per year, the larval food plants being Cocksfoot and other grasses. The larvae grow from August, hibernate as larvae, then make the rest of their growth in the following spring. The adults are most common in July, around field margins and in meadows. The few remaining adults on the wing into August can be looking very worn.

Internal links: Butterfly list . Main Gallery . Daily records

External links to Ringlet pages: British Butterflies by Steven Cheshire . UK Butterflies by Peter Eeles
B.M. Cockayne database for forms and aberrations.

MOST SEEN ON ANY ONE DAY - Ringlet sightings at Roseland House, garden and paddock (from daily counts).
March April May June July August Sept Oct Notes
2011 0 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 July - early Aug v. wet. Grazing ceased in July.
2012 0 0 0 1 36 3 0 0 April - mid July v. wet.
2013 0 0 Winter wet, March and early April, cold.

AVERAGE SEEN PER COUNTIONG DAY - Ringlet sightings at Roseland House, garden and paddock (from daily counts).
March April May June July August Sept Oct Notes
2011 0 0 0 2.1 4.4 0 0 0
2012 0 0 0 0.1 14.2 0.5 0 0
2013 0 0
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20 May 2013