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| Red List status: | Near Threatened |
| NERC Act S41: | Not listed |
| Local status: | Local. In good years dozens can be seen together. Established in county during the last two decades and now spread along the chalk. |
| Size: | Large. |
| Larval foodplant: | Violets |
| No. of broods: | One |
| Flight time(s): | Mid June to early August
Average first date: 16th June
Average last date: 11th August |
| Winter: | Larva |
| Habits: | Rapid and active fliers, hard to approach. |
| Habitats: | Currently only found on chalk grassland in Bedfordshire, but nationally can be found in other unimproved grasslands and may also use woodland rides, moorland and dunes. Wanderers may be found elsewhere but care should be taken to distinguish from Silver-washed Fritillary. |
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