Chequered skipper, the butterfly extinct in England for 40 years, has bred in the wild for the first time since being re-introduced from Belgium last year.

English-born chequered skipper butterflies are flying in this country for the first time in more than 40 years as part of a conservation project, experts say.

There is a group of day-flying butterflies which look rather like moths, being short, stubby, and with fat bodies. These are ...

Butterfly Conservation is running the three-year project to bring them back in partnership with Forestry England, which manages Rockingham Forest. The releases in 2018 and this year follow work to ...

Have you ever heard of the chequered skipper butterfly? Probably not! There are not many of them around. They can still be found in Scotland, but became extinct in England more than 40 years ago.

A butterfly's tongue functions much like a flexible straw, ... For instance, plants in the mallow family are favored by the west coast lady and the common checkered-skipper caterpillars, ...

The reintroduction of a species of butterfly that went extinct in England nearly 50 years ago has been declared a success. The chequered skipper was always scarce, but died out in 1976 with ...

Describing the rarity of these butterflies, Andrew said: "The large chequered skipper in particular is ultra rare. In 1946 it turned up in Jersey and had a small colony there. The theory is that ...

Chequered skipper butterflies return. Emily Beament | 28th June 2019. Butterfly Conservation confirm once extinct species in now breeding at its secret location in Rockingham Forest, Northamptonshire.