{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-order-1989/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-order-1989/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/906",
  "legislation_title": "The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wildlife-and-countryside-act-1981-variation-of-schedule-order-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Variation of Schedule 5",
  "text": "The following animals are hereby added to Schedule 5 to the Act in respect of section 9(5) only:\nCommon Name\nScientific Name\nButterfly, Northern Brown Argus\nAricia artaxerxes\nButterfly, Adonis Blue\nLysandra bellargus\nButterfly, Chalkhill Blue\nLysandra coridon\nButterfly, Silver-studded Blue\nPlebejus argus\nButterfly, Small Blue\nCupido minimus\nButterfly, Large Copper\nLycaena dispar\nButterfly, Purple Emperor\nApatura iris\nButterfly, Duke of Burgundy Fritillary\nHamearis lucina\nButterfly, Glanville Fritillary\nMelitaea cinxia\nButterfly, High Brown Fritillary\nArgynnis adippe\nButterfly, Marsh Fritillary\nEurodryas aurinia\nButterfly, Pearl-bordered Fritillary\nBoloria euphrosyne\nButterfly, Black Hairstreak\nStrymonidia pruni\nButterfly, Brown Hairstreak\nThecla betulae\nButterfly, White Letter Hairstreak\nStymonida w-album\nButterfly, Large Heath\nCoenonympha tullia\nButterfly, Mountain Ringlet\nErebia epiphron\nButterfly, Chequered Skipper\nCarterocephalus palaemon\nButterfly, Lulworth Skipper\nThymelicus acteon\nButterfly, Silver Spotted Skipper\nHesperia comma\nButterfly, Large Tortoiseshell\nNymphalis polychloros\nButterfly, Wood White\nLeptidea sinapis",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/906/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:43:50.602260+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}