59.012 .... B&F 1620
Marbled White Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Status .....For many years, Kirkby-in-Ashfield's Portland Park held Nottinghamshire's only known Marbled White colony. But in recent years, this delightful butterfly has increased its local range and has also been successfully introduced at a number of other sites. It favours dry, grassy sites with a profusion of nectar-bearing flowers, including former colliery spoil heaps, along disused railway lines and embankments etc. Most of the county's successful introductions/colonies, are situated on the strip of Magnesium Limestone running up the western side of Nottinghamshire, near to its border with neighbouring Derbyshire.
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Early stages                            
Ova/egg. Photographed at Hills and Holes SSSI, Market Warsop June 2022.
     
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Newly hatched larva. Photographed July 2022.
     
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Marbled White 
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Richard Rogers. Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Steve Horne. Netherfield Wildlife Group. Pauline Bradford. NBGRC. Laurence Archibald. David Shaw. Brian Wetton. David Shaw.

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Updated January 2024

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