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Levin Down
The map shows you the route that this butterfly transect follows.
| County: | West Sussex (England) |
| Gridref: | SU885137 |
| Year established: | 1990 |
| Number of sections: | 11 |
| Altitude (m): | Unknown |
| Length (m): | 4025 |
| Width (m): | 5 |
| Broad habitat: | Dry semi/unimproved (flower rich) chalk/limestone grassland |
Species list...
The following species have been recorded on this site:
| Species | Status | Colonised/extinct | Asynchronous | Mean count | ||
| Orange Tip | Stable | 13 | more | |||
| Ringlet | Stable | 92 | more | |||
| Dark Green Fritillary | ? | 0 | .14 | more | ||
| Pearl-bordered Fritillary | ? | 0 | .090 | more | ||
| Silver-washed Fritillary | Stable | 0 | .92 | more | ||
| Brown Argus | Stable | 71 | more | |||
| Green Hairstreak | Decreasing | 12 | more | |||
| Holly Blue | Decreasing | 46 | more | |||
| Small Heath | Decreasing | 250 | more | |||
| Clouded Yellow | Stable | 6 | .2 | more | ||
| Small Blue | Decreasing | 4 | .2 | more | ||
| Dingy Skipper | Decreasing | 18 | more | |||
| Grayling | ? | 0 | .050 | more | ||
| Brimstone | Stable | 230 | more | |||
| Duke of Burgundy Fritillary | Decreasing | 7 | .3 | more | ||
| White Admiral | ? | 0 | .41 | more | ||
| Small Copper | Stable | 9 | .6 | more | ||
| Adonis Blue | ? | 0 | .26 | more | ||
| Chalk-hill Blue | Decreasing | 10 | more | |||
| Meadow Brown | Stable | 1600 | more | |||
| Gatekeeper / Hedge Brown | Decreasing | 400 | more | |||
| Marbled White | Stable | 23 | more | |||
| Peacock | Stable | 26 | more | |||
| Large Skipper | Stable | 20 | more | |||
| Speckled Wood | Stable | 110 | more | |||
| Wall Brown | Decreasing | 1 | .9 | more | ||
| Large White | Stable | 120 | more | |||
| Green-veined White | Stable | 14 | more | |||
| Small White | Decreasing | 370 | more | |||
| Comma | Stable | 22 | more | |||
| Common Blue | Stable | 340 | more | |||
| Grizzled Skipper | Decreasing | 40 | more | |||
| Purple Hairstreak | ? | 0 | .16 | more | ||
| Small Skipper | Decreasing | 28 | more | |||
| Red Admiral | Stable | 25 | more | |||
| Painted Lady | Stable | 9 | .8 | more | ||
| Small/Essex Skipper | Decreasing | 35 | more | |||
| Brown Hairstreak | Stable | 3 | .6 | more | ||
This table shows the species that have been recorded on this site. Where sufficient data is available, trends in abundance are assessed and colonisation/extinction events are identified. Species are marked as 'asynchronous' when their trends on this site are markedly different from the national trend. Click on 'more' to see a plot of abundance through time for each species. See green question mark above for more details.
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