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Most recorded butterflies and moths

#	Species	Records	Peak month
1	Meadow Brown	1,291,987	July
2	Speckled Wood	798,810	August
3	Small White	709,791	August
4	Gatekeeper	600,897	July
5	Green-veined White	559,301	July
6	Large White	556,981	July
7	Ringlet	520,519	July
8	Common Blue	435,468	August
9	Peacock	431,653	April
10	Brimstone	349,817	May
11	Small Heath	347,993	June
12	Red Admiral	292,792	July
13	Small Tortoiseshell	256,492	July
14	Marbled White	221,435	July
15	Asian Large Skipper	205,385	July
16	Orange-tip	203,747	May
17	Comma	203,691	July
18	Small Skipper	177,131	July
19	Small Copper	142,326	August
20	Spring Azure	107,313	May
21	Painted Lady	105,523	August
22	Silver-washed Fritillary	102,029	July
23	Brown Argus	94,102	August
24	Dark Green Fritillary	61,080	July
25	Chalk-hill Blue	60,252	August
26	Dingy Skipper	56,840	May
27	Wall	43,859	August
28	Adonis Blue	32,407	August
29	Large Yellow Underwing	31,787	August
30	Essex Skipper	31,187	July
31	Grayling [butterfly]	30,847	August
32	Green Hairstreak	30,308	May
33	Silver-studded Blue	25,527	July
34	Small Blue	24,267	June
35	Grizzled Skipper	23,173	May
36	Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	22,974	June
37	Ladoga camilla	21,553	July
38	Purple Hairstreak	18,902	July
39	Brimstone Moth	18,372	August
40	Heart and Dart	17,584	June
41	Willow Beauty	17,291	August
42	Dark Arches	16,454	July
43	Light Brown Apple Moth	16,070	August
44	Riband Wave	15,556	July
45	Clouded Yellow	15,481	August
46	Marsh Fritillary	14,938	June
47	Cinnabar	14,180	June
48	Shuttle-shaped Dart	13,962	August
49	Silver Y	13,462	July
50	Square-spot Rustic	12,981	September
51	Setaceous Hebrew Character	12,973	August
52	Flame Shoulder	12,865	August
53	Clossiana euphrosyne	12,660	May
54	Scotch Argus	11,982	August
55	Wood White	11,917	June
56	Garden Grass-veneer	11,898	July
57	Lesser Yellow Underwing	11,818	September
58	Hebrew Character	11,347	April
59	Common Rustic	10,766	July
60	Common Marbled Carpet	10,539	September
61	Mountain Argus	9,928	June
62	Lesser Broad Bordered Yellow Underwing	9,868	August
63	Double-striped Pug	9,852	August
64	Common Quaker	9,502	March
65	Common Wainscot	9,064	August
66	Vine's Rustic	8,964	August
67	Garden Carpet	8,898	June
68	Snout	8,616	July
69	Straw Dot	8,320	June
70	Common Footman	8,262	July
71	Common Marble	8,079	June
72	Buff ermine	7,977	June
73	Bright-line Brown-eye	7,916	July
74	Common Branded Skipper	7,841	August
75	Green Carpet	7,759	May
76	Poplar Hawk-moth	7,723	June
77	Common Carpet	7,681	August
78	Pearl Veneer	7,658	July
79	Light Emerald	7,541	June
80	White Ermine	7,356	June
81	High Brown Fritillary	7,234	July
82	Elephant Hawk-moth	7,042	June
83	The Uncertain	6,858	July
84	Common Grass Veneer	6,856	August
85	Pale Mottled Willow	6,778	September
86	Smoky Wainscot	6,750	July
87	Brown House Moth	6,590	July
88	Angle Shades	6,497	September
89	Yellow Shell	6,476	August
90	Flounced Rustic	6,401	August
91	Dingy Dowd	6,293	August
92	Clouded Drab	6,269	April
93	Small Square-spot	6,140	August
94	Turnip Moth	5,997	August
95	Bee Moth	5,916	June
96	Spectacle	5,896	July
97	Silver-ground Carpet	5,881	June
98	Small Magpie	5,860	June
99	Mother of Pearl	5,854	July
100	Treble Lines	5,836	May

Top 100 entries with a recorded value; entries without data are not ranked.