Butterfly of the year

In 2003, the butterfly of the year was awarded for the first time by the BUND NRW Nature Conservation Foundation founded by the North Rhine-Westphalian state association of the Federation for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany . The aim is to point out the threatening decline in butterflies and their importance, while at the same time helping to preserve the natural diversity of habitats and to make ecological and nature conservation contexts clearer.

Previous butterflies of the year

year	German name	scientific name	Illustration
2003	Graubindiger Mohrenfalter	Erebia aethiops
2004	Aurora butterfly	Anthocharis cardamines
2005	Ocher-bound velvet butterfly	Hipparchia semele
2006	dovetail	Papilio machaon
2007	Land map	Araschnia levana
2008	Argus blue	Plebeius argus
2009	Peacock butterfly	Inachis io
2010	Fair bear	Callimorpha dominula
2011	Great Schiller Butterfly	Apatura iris
2012	Small peacock butterfly	Saturnia pavonia
2013	Brown-spotted mother-of-pearl butterfly	Boloria selene
2014	Milkweed hawks	Hyles euphorbiae
2015	Red ribbon	Catocala nupta
2016	Gooseberry tensioner	Abraxas grossulariata
2017	Golden eight	Colias hyale
2018	Big fox	Nymphalis polychloros
2019	Checkerboard butterfly	Melanargia galathea
2020	Green hairstreak	Callophrys rubi

In addition, the Apollo butterfly ( Parnassius apollo ) was already " Animal of the Year " in Germany in 1995 , the lemon butterfly ( Gonepteryx rhamni ) was named " Insect of the Year " in Germany in 2002 and the swallowtail ( Papilio machaon ) was "Animal of the Year" in 2003 Switzerland.

Web links

• BUND NRW Nature Conservation Foundation - Butterfly of the Year
• BUND Landesverband Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V. - Butterfly of the year

supporting documents

1. ↑ Justification according to the project page Butterfly of the Year .
2. ↑ BUND names chessboard butterfly butterfly of the year. Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 22, 2018, accessed on August 25, 2020 . 
3. ↑ BUND NRW Nature Conservation Foundation - Butterfly of the Year