I’ve always been captivated by butterflies. I’m used to slamming on the brakes in France to chase and identify more exotic species that don’t occur here in Britain. It’s easy to overlook those which are on one’s own doorstep, after all. Now I’ve corrected my oversight and have started trying to build up a photographic record of what I’ve seen here, as well.
Here’s a collection of pictures, a few rather historic, that we’ve managed to grab so far. I will grow this collection as opportunities arise.
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| Swallowtail | Scarce Swallowtail |
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| Pieridae | ||||
| Large White | Small White | Green-veined White | Black-veined White | Bath White |
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| Orange Tip | Clouded Yellow | Brimstone | Cleopatra | |
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| Lycaenidae | |||
| Green Hairstreak | Small Copper | Large Copper | |
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| Common Blue | Brown Argus | Adonis Blue | Holly Blue | |
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| Nymphalidae | |||||
| Comma | White Admiral | Southern White Admiral | Small Tortoiseshell | Red Admiral | |
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| Painted Lady | Peacock | Silver-washed Fritillary | Queen of Spain Fritillary | Spotted Fritillary | |
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| Satyridae | |||
| Marbled White | Great Banded Grayling | Woodland Grayling | |
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| Ringlet | de Pruyner’s Ringlet | Scotch Argus | Meadow Brown | Small Heath |
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| Gatekeeper | Spanish Gatekeeper | Speckled Wood | Wall Brown |
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| Hesperiidae | |||
| Small Skipper | Dingy Skipper | Grizzled Skipper | Mallow Skipper |
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