Of these Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurina), High Brown Fritillary (Argynnis cydippe), Wood White (Leptidea sinapis) and Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae) all have a local distribution in Somerset.
The woodland rides and glades provide ideal habitat for the nationally scarce Wood White (Leptidea sinapsis) butterfly, this site having by far the strongest colony known in Somerset.
Leptidea sinapis, a butterfly endemic to Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, and parts of the Middle East