Species Account for Nymphalis polychloros
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Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)
Large Tortoiseshell
Lepidoptera: butterflies: Nymphalidae
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Taxonomic group: butterflies (Lepidoptera: butterflies) - County data
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W&C Act: Schedule 5
Status: Extinct;Legal Protection;RE
Essex RDB: Listed
Records: 36
First Record: 1994
Latest Record: 2023
1992-on hectads: 12
Pre-1992 hectads: 0
Total hectads: 12
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Large Tortoiseshell on UK Butterflies website
Essex Red Data List comment
Extinct as breeding species, as it almost certainly is in Britain. Very rare vagrants and releases of captive stock.
Habitats
no broad habitat data available
no subhabitat data available
no structural habitat data available
Habitat Detail and Method (based on 36 records with habitat detail and method information)
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