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Sighting report

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Which Species of Butterfly did you see?

Please Select Honshu White Admiral - (Limenitis glorifica) Red Admiral - (Vanessa gonerilla gonerilla) Red Admiral Chatham Is sub-species - (Vanessa gonerilla ida) Yellow Admiral - (Vanessa itea) Common Blue - (Zizina otis labradus) Long-Tailed Blue - (Lampides boeticus) Southern Blue - (Zizina oxleyi) Boulder Copper - (Boldenaria boldenarum) Common Copper - (Lycaena salustius) Glade Copper - (Lycaena feredayi) Rauparaha's Copper - (Lycaena rauparaha) Monarch - (Danaus plexippus) Black Mountain Ringlet - (Percnodaimon merula) Butler's Ringlet - (Erebiola butleri) Forest Ringlet - (Dodonidia helmsii) Common Tussock - (Argyrophenga antipodum) Harris's Tussock - (Argyrophenga harrisi) Janita's Tussock - (Argyrophenga janitae) White Butterfly - (Pieris rapae) Blue Moon - (Hypolimnas bolina bolina) Painted Lady - (Vanessa Kershawi) Lesser Wanderer - (Danaus chrysippus petilia) Blue Tiger - (Tirumala hamata hamata) Evening Brown - (Melanitis leda bankia) Lemon Migrant - (Catopsilia pomona pomona) Meadow Argus - (Precis Villida Calybe)

How many was there?

1     2     3     4-6   7-10  11-20 21+  

What was the Butterfly doing when you saw it? (tick all that apply)

Flying  Resting / Sunbathing  Drinking  Mating  Egg laying  
Other, please specify in the notes section at bottom.  

What was the time of day?

Before 7am  
Mid Morning (7-9am)  
Late Morning (9-12am)  
Mid Afternoon (12-5pm)  
Late Afternoon (5-7pm)  
After 7pm  

Date of sighting (dd mm yyyy)

What was the habitat type?

Garden  Farmland  Bush  Coastal  Hilltop  Alpine  
Other, please specify in the notes section at bottom.  

Where was the sighting?

ie Tamatea, Napier (full address optional), Dome Valley, Lake Brunner or Mt Robert Range

Anything else to note?

ie, you ticked 'Other activity' or 'Other habitat'.

Contact

If you want nzButterfly.info to contact you regarding the sighting, please leave you name and email below please.
This is optional.

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