History of butterfly names
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:07 pm
I am currently writing a PDF file on the history of UK butterflies and their names and wondered if anyone had any useful information I could use. I have a list of names and wondered if anyone had any information on them, what the butterfly was that was given these names, why the names were given etc...?
Old butterfly names I have a list of:
The streakt Golden Hogg (1704) Male
The Spotless Hogg (1704) Female
The chequer-like Hogg (1704) Male
The Chequered Hogg (1704) Female
The Streakt cloudy Hog (1717) Male
The Cloudy Hog (1717) Female
Handleys Brown Butterfly (1704)
Handleys Brown Hog Butterfly (1706)
Handleys Small Brown Butterfly (1717)
Are these the Marsh Fritillary early names? (Names in bold)
Our brown Marsh Fratillary (1699,1704)
Small-Spotted brown Marsh Fritillary (1717)
Mr Dandridge's March Fritillary (1704, 1717)
Mr Ray's Alpine Butterfly (Guessing either the Apollo or Small Apollo since they are on list of known British Butterflies from past)
The Royal William (1699) - The Swallowtail?
Willow Butterfly
Elm Tortoiseshell
Nettle Tortoiseshell
Scarlet Admirable (Red Admiral?)
White Admirable
Thistle Butterfly (Painted Lady?)
Silver Streak Fritillary
Violet Silver Spotted Fritillary
Wood Argus
Brown Argus
Orange Argus
Clouded Argus
Small Argus
Manchester Argus
Scarce Spotted Skipper
August Skipper
Brown Blue
Clouded Orange
Marbled Argus
there is more names that this I think
Old butterfly names I have a list of:
The streakt Golden Hogg (1704) Male
The Spotless Hogg (1704) Female
The chequer-like Hogg (1704) Male
The Chequered Hogg (1704) Female
The Streakt cloudy Hog (1717) Male
The Cloudy Hog (1717) Female
Handleys Brown Butterfly (1704)
Handleys Brown Hog Butterfly (1706)
Handleys Small Brown Butterfly (1717)
Are these the Marsh Fritillary early names? (Names in bold)
Our brown Marsh Fratillary (1699,1704)
Small-Spotted brown Marsh Fritillary (1717)
Mr Dandridge's March Fritillary (1704, 1717)
Mr Ray's Alpine Butterfly (Guessing either the Apollo or Small Apollo since they are on list of known British Butterflies from past)
The Royal William (1699) - The Swallowtail?
Willow Butterfly
Elm Tortoiseshell
Nettle Tortoiseshell
Scarlet Admirable (Red Admiral?)
White Admirable
Thistle Butterfly (Painted Lady?)
Silver Streak Fritillary
Violet Silver Spotted Fritillary
Wood Argus
Brown Argus
Orange Argus
Clouded Argus
Small Argus
Manchester Argus
Scarce Spotted Skipper
August Skipper
Brown Blue
Clouded Orange
Marbled Argus
there is more names that this I think