Species

John Bridges

An Essex skipper on a bramble flower. It's a small, orange butterfly with black-tipped antennae

Essex skipper

Duke of Burgundy

A Scotch argus butterfly resting on a leaf, its brown wings open showing the orange patches and black-bordered white spots

Scotch argus

A wood white butterfly resting on a plant, with its distinctive oval wings closed

Wood white

Large heath butterfly

Large heath

High brown fritillary

High brown fritillary

Marsh fritillary

Marsh fritillary

Glanville fritillary

Glanville fritillary

Chalkhill Blue butterfly

Chalkhill blue

Green-veined White

Green-veined white

Painted Lady butterfly

Painted lady

Adonis blue

Adonis blue

green hairstreak

Green hairstreak

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly

Small tortoiseshell

Small Blue butterfly

Small blue

Purple Hairstreak butterfly

Purple hairstreak

Orange-tip Butterfly

Orange-tip

Peacock butterfly

Peacock

Grizzled skipper

Grizzled skipper

Small Copper butterfly

Small copper

Ringlet

Ringlet

Comma butterfly

Comma

Dingy Skipper butterfly

Dingy skipper

Brown Argus

Brown argus

Swallowtail Butterfly

Swallowtail

Dark green fritillary

Dark green fritillary

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly

Small pearl-bordered fritillary

Common Blue butterfly male

Common blue

Silver-washed Fritillary

Silver-washed fritillary

Brown hairstreak butterfly

Brown hairstreak

Holly Blue butterfly

Holly blue

Speckled Wood

Speckled wood

Pearl-bordered Fritillary underwing

Pearl-bordered fritillary

Large Blue butterfly

Large blue

Wall Brown

Wall brown

White-letter hairstreak butterfly

White-letter hairstreak