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An extensive area of forest, surrounding deep valleys and gorges. Forest rides and clearings provided the butterflying.
| Species: | Scientific: | First sighting: | Last sighting: |
| Swallowtail | Papilio machaon | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Large white | Pieris brassicae | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Small white | Artogeia rapae | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Pale clouded yellow | Colias hyale | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Cleopatra | Gonepteryx cleopatra | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Wood white | Leptidea sinapis | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| False ilex hairstreak | Satyrium esculi | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Scarce copper | Lycaena virgaureae | 25-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Long-tailed blue | Lampides boeticus | 25-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Lang's short-tailed blue | Leptotes pirithous | 25-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Provencal short-tailed blue | Everes alcetas | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Large blue | Maculinea arion | 25-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Escher's blue | Agrodiaetus escheri | 25-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Chalk-hill blue | Lysandra coridon | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Common blue | Polyommatus icarus | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| White admiral | Limenitis camilla | 25-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Red admiral | Vanessa atalanta | 25-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Painted lady | Vanessa cardui | 25-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Silver washed fritillary | Argynnis paphia | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| High brown fritillary | Argynnis adippe | 25-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Marbled fritillary | Brenthis daphne | 25-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Weaver's fritillary | Clossiana dia | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Spotted fritillary | Melitaea didyma | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Heath fritillary | Mellicta athalia | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Marbled white | Melanargia galathea | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Woodland grayling | Hipparchia fagi | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Grayling | Hipparchia semele | 25-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Dryad | Minois dryas | 25-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Meadow brown | Maniola jurtina | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Ringlet | Aphantopus hyperantus | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Gatekeeper | Pyronia tithonus | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Pearly heath | Coenonympha arcania | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Speckled wood | Pararge aegeria | 25-Jul | 25-Jul |
| Wall | Lasiommata megera | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Small skipper | Thymelicus sylvestris | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
| Large skipper | Ochlodes venatus | 24-Jul | 24-Jul |
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A largely natural forest to the SE of Quillan.
Swallowtail, Adonis blue, Long-tailed blue, Large blue, Brown argus, Provence chalk hill blue, Camberwell beauty.
A rough range of hills crossed by the D168.
Species include;
Two-tailed Pasha, Nettle-tree butterfly, Spanish festoon, Morocco orange tip, Cleopatra and Hermit.
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