Irish names
Anne Kilmer
viceroy at anu.ie
Sat Jun 12 03:13:51 EDT 1999
Here's the lot of them from Hickin's book. Sorry I can't do the accents;
if somebody wishes to tell me how to create an accent aigue sort of
thing on a and o I'll put them in ... my Word file has the italics where
they ought to be.
To the best of my knowledge I do not have any communicable diseases ...
in the computer, anyway.
AS Trevor says, they are obviously just translated from the English, ho
hum. I wonder if they ever had names of their own ...
Cheers
Anne Kilmer
Butterflies of Ireland
Hesperiidae
Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages Donnan
PIERIDAE
Wood White Leptidea sinapis Banog Choille
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Buiog ruibheach
ssp. gravesi
Large White Pieris brassicae Banog mhor
Small White Pieris rapae Banog bheag
Green-veined White Pieris napi Banog uaine
ssp. britannica
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines Banog rinnbhui
Ssp. hibernica
LYCAENIDAE
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi Stiallach uaine
Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae Stiallach donn
Purple Hairstreak Quercusia quercus Stiallach corcra
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Coprog bheag
Small Blue Cupido minimus Gorman bheag
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus Gorman coiteann
Ssp. mariscolore
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus Gorman cuilinn
Ssp. britanna
NYMPHALIDAE
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae Ruan beag
Peacock Inachis io Peacog
Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyn Fritilean pearlach
Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja Fritilean dughlas
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia Fritilean geal
Marsh Fritillary Eurodryas aurinia Fritilean reisc
SATYRIDAE
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Breacfheileacan coille
Ssp. tircis
Wall Brown Lasiomata megera Donnog an bhalla
Grayling Hipparchia semele Donnog aille
Ssp. Hibernica
Ssp clarensis
Gatekeeper
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Donnog fheir
Ssp. iernes
Ringlet Aphantopus huerantus fainneog
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus Fraochan bheag
Large Heath Coenonymphus tuillia Fraochan mor
COMMON MIGRANT SPECIES
PIERIDAE
Clouded Yellow Colias croceus Buiog chroch
NYMPHALIDAE
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Aimireal dearg
Painted Lady Cynthia cardui Aileann
RARE MIGRANT SPECIES AND VAGRANTS
PIERIDAE
Pale Clouded Yellow Colias hyale Buiog liath
Bath White Pontia daplidice Banog bhath
NYMPHALIDAE
American Painted Lady Vanessa virginiensis Aillean meiriceanach
Camberwell Beauty Nymphalis antiopa Be na fallainge
Queen of Spain Fritillary Argynnis lathonia Fritilean niambrach
DANAIDAE
Monarch Danaus plexippus Bleacht fheileacan
EXTINCT SPECIES
SATYRIDAE
Small Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron Fainneog shleibhe
NYMPHALIDAE
Heath Fritillary Mellicta athalia Fritilean fraoigh
INTRODUCED SPECIES
LYCANIDAE
Large Copper Lycaena dispar Coprog mhor
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