Official Statistics

Figure 5.1: Trends for the abundance of all species of butterflies resident in England, 1976 to 2022

Updated 2 February 2024
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Trends for the abundance of all species of butterflies resident in England, 1976 to 2022
Year Unsmoothed index (1990 = 100) Smoothed index Smoothed index lower 95% confidence interval Smoothed index upper 95% confidence interval
1976 100 68.03 58.66 77.41
1977 40.36 68.31 59.92 76.7
1978 56.75 68.61 61.06 76.15
1979 69.34 68.93 62.09 75.77
1980 63.53 69.27 62.99 75.56
1981 45.5 69.63 63.77 75.5
1982 78.89 70 64.44 75.56
1983 73.62 70.35 65 75.71
1984 97.5 70.67 65.44 75.89
1985 69.82 70.94 65.79 76.08
1986 66.68 71.15 66.04 76.26
1987 65.31 71.32 66.23 76.41
1988 56.75 71.44 66.36 76.52
1989 75.51 71.5 66.42 76.58
1990 80.35 71.49 66.41 76.58
1991 73.96 71.4 66.31 76.48
1992 94.19 71.21 66.13 76.29
1993 62.66 70.92 65.84 76
1994 68.23 70.55 65.47 75.62
1995 81.1 70.09 65.02 75.16
1996 79.8 69.55 64.48 74.61
1997 84.53 68.94 63.88 74
1998 59.16 68.27 63.21 73.33
1999 58.61 67.57 62.51 72.63
2000 60.67 66.87 61.81 71.92
2001 58.61 66.17 61.11 71.23
2002 57.54 65.49 60.42 70.55
2003 70.63 64.83 59.76 69.9
2004 72.95 64.2 59.12 69.27
2005 66.22 63.59 58.51 68.67
2006 71.78 63.02 57.94 68.11
2007 46.88 62.51 57.42 67.59
2008 43.65 62.06 56.97 67.14
2009 60.53 61.69 56.6 66.77
2010 72.78 61.39 56.3 66.47
2011 68.39 61.15 56.06 66.24
2012 38.02 60.98 55.88 66.09
2013 63.83 60.89 55.74 66.04
2014 64.12 60.86 55.63 66.09
2015 59.02 60.9 55.53 66.26
2016 45.6 60.98 55.41 66.55
2017 53.95 61.12 55.25 67
2018 74.99 61.29 55 67.59
2019 72.95 61.48 54.62 68.34
2020 68.08 61.67 54.11 69.23
2021 61.09 61.86 53.45 70.27
2022 62.09 62.05 52.65 71.46