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Butterfly taxonomy (classification) The skippers The swallowtails The whites The hairstreaks, coppers and blues. Includes the Duke of Burgundy. The nymphalids, fritillaries and browns. Includes the Monarch.

Species Listing

This page contains a listing of all primary species found in the UK (click here to also see secondary species). The species are organised by the family to which they belong. If you can't find the butterfly you're after, then it may be a moth, in which case this page might help!

Family: Hesperiidae

The Hesperiidae family contains species more commonly known as "skippers". The vernacular names follow Emmet and Heath (1990). The scientific names follow Bradley (2000).


Chequered-Skipper- 5D35798 Lochaber 9 June 2012
Chequered Skipper
Carterocephalus palaemon
Male
Photo © IainLeach
Chequered-Skipper- 5D36291 Lochaber 27 May 2012
Chequered Skipper
Carterocephalus palaemon
Male Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Chequered Skipper female - Glasdrum, Scotland 25-May-2012
Chequered Skipper
Carterocephalus palaemon
Female
Photo © Sussex Kipper
Chequered-Skipper- 5D38167 Lochaber 27 May 2012
Chequered Skipper
Carterocephalus palaemon
Female Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Small Skipper - imago - Stockbridge Down - 29-Jun-11 (1)
Small Skipper
Thymelicus sylvestris
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Small Skipper Male - Crawley, Sussex 28-June-05
Small Skipper
Thymelicus sylvestris
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Skipper Female - Chaldon, Surrey 12-July-10
Small Skipper
Thymelicus sylvestris
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Skipper (f)(u) Harmondsworth Moor, Middlesex 15th July 2011
Small Skipper
Thymelicus sylvestris
Female Underside
Photo © millerd
Essex Skipper male - Friston, Sussex 10-Aug-2012
Essex Skipper
Thymelicus lineola
Male
Photo © Sussex Kipper
Essex Skipper male - Friston, Sussex 10-Aug-2012
Essex Skipper
Thymelicus lineola
Male Underside
Photo © Sussex Kipper
Essex-skipper- 03C6249 Nottingham 24 July 2010
Essex Skipper
Thymelicus lineola
Female
Photo © IainLeach
Essex Skipper Female - Coulsdon, Surrey 15-July-07
Essex Skipper
Thymelicus lineola
Female Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Male Lulworth Skipper - 24-06-2012 - Bindon Hill, Lulworth Cove, Dorset
Lulworth Skipper
Thymelicus acteon
Male
Photo © Wurzel
Lulworth Skipper Male - Asomatos, Crete 9-May-06
Lulworth Skipper
Thymelicus acteon
Male Underside
Photo © JKT
Lulworth Skipper Female - Bindon Hill - 17.06.12
Lulworth Skipper
Thymelicus acteon
Female
Photo © Rosalyn
Lulworth Skipper Female - Bindon Hill - 17.06.12
Lulworth Skipper
Thymelicus acteon
Female Underside
Photo © PhiliB
Silver-spotted Skipper (m) Aston Rowant 28th July 2012
Silver-spotted Skipper
Hesperia comma
Male
Photo © millerd
Silver spotted skipper, male, Oxenbourne Down, 6/08/2012
Silver-spotted Skipper
Hesperia comma
Male Underside
Photo © Pauline
Silver Spotted Skipper female,Lydden Temple Ewell, East Kent,27 August 2012.
Silver-spotted Skipper
Hesperia comma
Female
Photo © essexbuzzard
Silver-spotted Skipper (female), West Sussex (22 August 2011)
Silver-spotted Skipper
Hesperia comma
Female Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
P1050309ad Male Large Skipper, 13/06/2012
Large Skipper
Ochlodes sylvanus
Male
Photo © Pauline
Large Skipper male underside - Salcey Forest 20.06.2012
Large Skipper
Ochlodes sylvanus
Male Underside
Photo © nfreem
Large Skipper Female - Chaldon, Surrey 12-June-10
Large Skipper
Ochlodes sylvanus
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Large Skipper (female), (Ochlodes faunus), West Sussex (19 June 2012)
Large Skipper
Ochlodes sylvanus
Female Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Dingy Skipper - imago - Greenham Common - 22-May-12
Dingy Skipper
Erynnis tages
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Dingy Skipper - imago - Hartslock - 10-May-09 (1)
Dingy Skipper
Erynnis tages
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Dingy-Skipper-Dunstable 30 April 2010 I9T9580
Dingy Skipper
Erynnis tages
Female
Photo © IainLeach
Dingy Skippers - Ketton Quarry, Rutland 20-May-2010
Dingy Skipper
Erynnis tages
Female Underside
Photo © benwmbc
Grizzled Skipper - imago - Over, CAMBS. - 19th April 2009
Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus malvae
Male
Photo © Trev Sawyer
Grizzled Skipper Male - Chaldon, Surrey 19-April-10
Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus malvae
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Grizzled-Skipper-Dunstable 28 April 2010 I9T9902
Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus malvae
Female
Photo © IainLeach
Grizzled Skipper female underside - Harbury Spoilbank, Warwickshire, 20.05.2012
Grizzled Skipper
Pyrgus malvae
Female Underside
Photo © nfreem

Family: Papilionidae

The Papilionidae family contains species more commonly known as "swallowtails". The vernacular names follow Emmet and Heath (1990). The scientific names follow Bradley (2000).


Swallowtail - Strumpshaw Fen - 10.06.12
Swallowtail
Papilio machaon
Male
Photo © PhiliB
Swallowtail - imago - Strumpshaw Fen - 12-Jun-06 (0296)
Swallowtail
Papilio machaon
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Swallowtail - imago - Thatcham - 20-May-08 (7) {REARED}
Swallowtail
Papilio machaon
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
Swallowtail - imago - Hickling Broad - Unknown date [Julian Dowding]
Swallowtail
Papilio machaon
Female Underside
Photo © Julian Dowding

Family: Pieridae

The Pieridae family contains species more commonly known as "whites". The vernacular names follow Emmet and Heath (1990). The scientific names follow Bradley (2000).


Wood White - male disturbing mating pair - Botany Bay, 8 May 2012
Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
Male
Photo © Colin Knight
Wood White - imago - Botany Bay - 16-Jul-09 (3)
Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Wood White Female (in flight) - Botany Bay, Sussex 25-June-12 (013-3)
Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
Female
Photo © P.J.Underwood
Wood-White-Wicken Wood 14 June 2010 03C3462
Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
Female Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Cryptic Wood White
Leptidea juvernica
Male
Reals Wood White - imago - Rosslare, Wexford - Unknown date [Adrian Riley]
Cryptic Wood White
Leptidea juvernica
Male Underside
Photo © Adrian Riley
Cryptic Wood White
Leptidea juvernica
Female
Reals Wood White - imago - Northern Ireland - Jun-04 [Mike Duffy]
Cryptic Wood White
Leptidea juvernica
Female Underside
Photo © Mike Duffy
Pale Clouded Yellow
Colias hyale
Male
Pale Clouded Yellow - imago - Little Hortobagy, Hungary - 13-Jul-06 (0541)
Pale Clouded Yellow
Colias hyale
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Pale Clouded Yellow
Colias hyale
Female
Pale Clouded Yellow - imago - Little Hortobagy, Hungary - 13-Jul-06 (0544)
Pale Clouded Yellow
Colias hyale
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Bergers Clouded Yellow pair - Karst, Slovenia May 2012
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Colias alfacariensis
Male
Photo © Simon2
Bergers Clouded Yellow - imago - Thatcham - 12-Nov-07 (1210) {REARED}
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Colias alfacariensis
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Bergers Clouded Yellow - imago - Unknown location - Unknown date (2) [Guy Padfield]
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Colias alfacariensis
Female
Photo © Guy Padfield
Bergers Clouded Yellow - imago - Thatcham - 28-Jul-07 (1103) {REARED}
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Colias alfacariensis
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Clouded Yellow, male - Mill Hill, West Sussex - 12.9.2010 [Colin Knight] 7
Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus
Male
Photo © Colin Knight
Clouded Yellow Male - Birling Gap, Sussex 1-Oct-09
Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Clouded Yellow Female - Oreshari Meadows, nr Arda Valley, Bulgaria June 2012
Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus
Female
Photo © Paul Wetton
Clouded Yellow, Amberley, 6 September, 2007
Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus
Female Underside
Photo © Sussex Kipper
DSC00064a-800 Brimstone, Liphook garden, 02/08/2008
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Male
Photo © Pauline
Brimstone male - Coulsdon, Surrey 12-Aug-2012
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Brimstone Female - Friston Gallops, Sussex 9-August-12
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Female
Photo © Colin Knight
Brimstone - imago - Holywells Park, Ipswich - May-06 [Matt Berry]
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Female Underside
Photo © Matt Berry
Black-Veined White - imago - Gola del Infernaccio, Monti Sibillini, Italy - 16-Jun-08 (2)
Black-veined White
Aporia crataegi
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Black Veined White - Spain - 21 June 2012
Black-veined White
Aporia crataegi
Male Underside
Photo © Nigel Kiteley
Black-Veined White - imago - Monti Sibillini, Italy - 15-Jun-08 (1)
Black-veined White
Aporia crataegi
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
Black-Veined White - imago - Stockbridge Down - 27-Jul-07 (2) [Neil Hulme]
Black-veined White
Aporia crataegi
Female Underside
Photo © Neil Hulme
Large White Male - Caterham, Surrey 22-Sept-12
Large White
Pieris brassicae
Male
Photo © Vince Massimo
Large White - Martin Down - 8 Aug 2010
Large White
Pieris brassicae
Male Underside
Photo © Clive
Large White female - Dorset 6-Aug-2009
Large White
Pieris brassicae
Female
Photo © Zonda
Large White (female), Ebernoe (29 July 2011)
Large White
Pieris brassicae
Female Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Small White - male - imago - MRC 19th April 2011
Small White
Pieris rapae
Male
Photo © NickB
Small White Male (Second Brood) - Ifield, Crawley, Sussex 3-Aug-10
Small White
Pieris rapae
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small White Female - Caterham, Surrey 22-Sept-12
Small White
Pieris rapae
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small White - imago - f - ovipositing, Provence 26th April 2011
Small White
Pieris rapae
Female Underside
Photo © NickB
Green-Veined White - imago - Clayton, Staffordshire - 21-Apr-09 [John Wood]
Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Male
Photo © John Wood
Green-veined White (male), Steyning (22 August 2011)
Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Male Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Green-veined white female summer brood - Oversley Wood 21.07.2012
Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Female
Photo © nfreem
Green-veined White (female), Steyning (22 August 2011)
Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Female Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Pontia daplicide male - Garajonay, La Gomera, Canary Islands 27-Jan-2009
Bath White
Pontia daplidice
Male
Photo © JKT
Bath White (male), Campanet, Majorca (3 August 2012)
Bath White
Pontia daplidice
Male Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Bath White, female, Cuidad Quesada, Spain 26th September 2010
Bath White
Pontia daplidice
Female
Photo © Lee Hurrell
Bath White - imago - Midden Beemster, Noord Holland - Unknown date [Rob Abraham]
Bath White
Pontia daplidice
Female Underside
Photo © Rob Abraham
Orange Tip male on Blackthorn - Castle Hills, Solihull, West Midlands 13.04.2012
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Male
Photo © nfreem
orange-tip with scale detail - Cirencester, Glos. 15-4-2011
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Male Underside
Photo © jamesweightman
Orange-Tip - imago - Midgham Lakes - 14-Apr-09 (7)
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
Orange-Tip - imago - Aldermaston Gravel Pits - 11-Apr-12
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles

Family: Lycaenidae

The Lycaenidae family contains species more commonly known as "hairstreaks", "coppers" or "blues". The vernacular names follow Emmet and Heath (1990). The scientific names follow Bradley (2000).


Green Hairstreak
Callophrys rubi
Male
Green Hairstreak (ab. punctata) - Walton Common - Somerset. 21-April-09
Green Hairstreak
Callophrys rubi
Male Underside
Photo © Denise
female in flight - Ashley Heath, Dorset
Green Hairstreak
Callophrys rubi
Female
Photo © ronniethepoo
Green Hairstreak Female - Woldingham, Surrey 25-May-10
Green Hairstreak
Callophrys rubi
Female Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Brown Hairstreak - imago - Thatcham - 30-Jul-09 (1) {REARED}
Brown Hairstreak
Thecla betulae
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Brown Hairstreak Male (Reared) - Caterham, Surrey 5-July-11
Brown Hairstreak
Thecla betulae
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Brown Hairstreak (female), West Sussex (14 August 2012)
Brown Hairstreak
Thecla betulae
Female
Photo © Mark Colvin
Brown Hairstreak (female), West Sussex (14 August 2012)
Brown Hairstreak
Thecla betulae
Female Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Purple Hairstreak - imago - Thatcham - 14-Jun-07 (1) {REARED}
Purple Hairstreak
Neozephyrus quercus
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Purple Hairstreak Male - Botany Bay/Oaken Wood, Sussex 28-June-09
Purple Hairstreak
Neozephyrus quercus
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Purple Hairstreak female - Broxbourne Wood, Hertfordshire, 30 June 2011
Purple Hairstreak
Neozephyrus quercus
Female
Photo © Pawpawsaurus
Purple Hairstreak female - Broxbourne Wood, Hertfordshire, 30 June 2011
Purple Hairstreak
Neozephyrus quercus
Female Underside
Photo © Pawpawsaurus
White-letter Hairstreak
Satyrium w-album
Male
White-letter-Hairstreak-Fermyn 24 June 2011 03C2316
White-letter Hairstreak
Satyrium w-album
Male Underside
Photo © IainLeach
White-letter Hairstreak
Satyrium w-album
Female
White letter hairstreak, female, July, Hants
White-letter Hairstreak
Satyrium w-album
Female Underside
Photo © Pauline
Black Hairstreak
Satyrium pruni
Male
Black Hairstreak - imago - Thatcham - 25-May-08 (1) {REARED}
Black Hairstreak
Satyrium pruni
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Black Hairstreak
Satyrium pruni
Female
Black Hairstreak - imago - Thatcham - 15-Jun-10 (2) {REARED}
Black Hairstreak
Satyrium pruni
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
small copper, male barton common new forest 09
Small Copper
Lycaena phlaeas
Male
Photo © geniculata
Small Copper - Stockbridge Down - 24 July 2010
Small Copper
Lycaena phlaeas
Male Underside
Photo © Clive
Small Copper - imago - Stockbridge Down - 06-Aug-09 (1)
Small Copper
Lycaena phlaeas
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
small copper female underside barton common 09
Small Copper
Lycaena phlaeas
Female Underside
Photo © geniculata
Large Copper - imago - Thatcham - 29-Aug-08 (2) {REARED}
Large Copper
Lycaena dispar
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Large Copper - imago - Thatcham - 24-Jun-08 (16) {REARED}
Large Copper
Lycaena dispar
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Large Copper - imago - Thatcham - 26-Jun-08 (1) {REARED}
Large Copper
Lycaena dispar
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
Large Copper - imago - Thatcham - 25-Jun-08 (2) {REARED}
Large Copper
Lycaena dispar
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Long-Tailed Blue - imago - Thatcham - 10-Oct-05 [REARED]
Long-tailed Blue
Lampides boeticus
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Long-Tailed Blue - imago - Thatcham - 10-Oct-05 (4) [REARED]
Long-tailed Blue
Lampides boeticus
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Long-Tailed Blue - imago - Spain - Unknown date [Adrian Riley]
Long-tailed Blue
Lampides boeticus
Female
Photo © Adrian Riley
Long Tailed Blue Female - Kaya Koy, Fethiye, Turkey 21-May-10
Long-tailed Blue
Lampides boeticus
Female Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Blue - imago - Martin Down - 22-May-09 (3)
Small Blue
Cupido minimus
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Small Blue Male - Addington, Surrey 4-June-06
Small Blue
Cupido minimus
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Blue, female, Kithurst Hill, West Sussex, 9 June 2012
Small Blue
Cupido minimus
Female
Photo © Colin Knight
Small Blue - imago - Martin Down - 31-May-06 (0195)
Small Blue
Cupido minimus
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Short-Tailed Blue - imago - Thatcham - 04-Sep-08 (1)
Short-tailed Blue
Everes argiades
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Short-Tailed Blue - imago - Thatcham - 04-Sep-08 (2)
Short-tailed Blue
Everes argiades
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
E. argiades SE Moravia (CZE) Jun 24th 2009
Short-tailed Blue
Everes argiades
Female
Photo © traplican
E. argiades SE Moravia (CZE) Aug 02nd 2009
Short-tailed Blue
Everes argiades
Female Underside
Photo © traplican
Silver-studded Blue (male), Stedham Common (27 June 2012)
Silver-studded Blue
Plebejus argus
Male
Photo © Mark Colvin
Silver studded Blue male - Prees Heath Shropshire 04.07.2012
Silver-studded Blue
Plebejus argus
Male Underside
Photo © nfreem
Silver-studded Blue (female), Stedham Common (27 June 2012)
Silver-studded Blue
Plebejus argus
Female
Photo © Mark Colvin
Silver-studded-Blue-Prees Heath 17 june 2011 03C9294
Silver-studded Blue
Plebejus argus
Female Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Brown Argus - Martin Down - 8 Aug 2010
Brown Argus
Aricia agestis
Male
Photo © Clive
Brown Argus Male - Chaldon, Surrey 22-July-11
Brown Argus
Aricia agestis
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Brown Argus (female), West Sussex (24 May 2012)
Brown Argus
Aricia agestis
Female
Photo © Mark Colvin
Brown Argus (female), Springhead Hill (23 July 2011)
Brown Argus
Aricia agestis
Female Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Northern-Brown-Argus-artaxerxes-StAbbs 20 June 2011 03C3561
Northern Brown Argus
Aricia artaxerxes
Male
Photo © IainLeach
Northern-Brown-Argus-artaxerxes-StAbbs 20 June 2011 03C4510
Northern Brown Argus
Aricia artaxerxes
Male Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Northern Brown Argus - imago - Port O Warren - Unknown date [Adrian Riley]
Northern Brown Argus
Aricia artaxerxes
Female
Photo © Adrian Riley
Northern-Brown-Argus-artaxerxes-StAbbs 20 June 2011 03C5242
Northern Brown Argus
Aricia artaxerxes
Female Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Common Blue male - Great Yarmouth north dunes 30.05.2012
Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus
Male
Photo © nfreem
Common Blue Male - Addington, Surrey 30-May-12
Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Common Blue Female - Crawley, Sussex 17-June-05
Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Common Blue - imago - Whitecross Green Wood - 03-Jun-04 (5)
Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Chalkhill Blue (male), Kithurst Hill (19 July 2011)
Chalkhill Blue
Lysandra coridon
Male
Photo © Mark Colvin
Chalkhill Blue Male - Addington, Surrey 30-July-10
Chalkhill Blue
Lysandra coridon
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Chalkhill Blue (female), Springhead Hill (20 July 2012)
Chalkhill Blue
Lysandra coridon
Female
Photo © Mark Colvin
Chalkhill-Blue-Newmarket 24 July 2011 I9T1360
Chalkhill Blue
Lysandra coridon
Female Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Adonis Blue (male), West Sussex (31 May 2012)
Adonis Blue
Lysandra bellargus
Male
Photo © Mark Colvin
Adonis-Blue-Martin Down 21 May 2011 03C9277
Adonis Blue
Lysandra bellargus
Male Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Adonis Blue female - Mill Hill, Sussex 19-May-2010
Adonis Blue
Lysandra bellargus
Female
Photo © Sussex Kipper
Adonis-Blue-Martin Down 21 May 2011 03C0831
Adonis Blue
Lysandra bellargus
Female Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Mazarine Blue - imago - Bunderitsa Hut, Pirin, Bulgaria - 03-Jul-07 (1015)
Mazarine Blue
Cyaniris semiargus
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Mazarine Blue - imago - Monti Sibillini, Italy - 15-Jun-08 (2)
Mazarine Blue
Cyaniris semiargus
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Mazerine Blue,female - Aggletek - Hungary - 17-June-09
Mazarine Blue
Cyaniris semiargus
Female
Photo © Denise
Mazarine Blue - imago - Switzerland - Jun-06 (3) [Guy Padfield]
Mazarine Blue
Cyaniris semiargus
Female Underside
Photo © Guy Padfield
Holly Blue - male - Mill Road Cemetery - 08 May 2013
Holly Blue
Celastrina argiolus
Male
Photo © NickB
Holly Blue - Magdalen Hill Down - 4 July 2010
Holly Blue
Celastrina argiolus
Male Underside
Photo © Clive
Holly Blue Female - Salisbury, Wiltshire 30-03-2012
Holly Blue
Celastrina argiolus
Female
Photo © Wurzel
Holly Blue - imago - Portsdown - 16-Apr-07 [Alan Thornbury]
Holly Blue
Celastrina argiolus
Female Underside
Photo © Alan Thornbury
large blue male topside collard hill 09
Large Blue
Maculinea arion
Male
Photo © geniculata
large blue male, underside collard hill 09
Large Blue
Maculinea arion
Male Underside
Photo © geniculata
Large Blue - Collard Hill - 18.06.12
Large Blue
Maculinea arion
Female
Photo © PhiliB
Large Blue Female - Collard Hill - 19.06.12
Large Blue
Maculinea arion
Female Underside
Photo © PhiliB
Duke of Burgundy, Male - Denge Wood, Kent 24-May-12
Duke of Burgundy
Hamearis lucina
Male
Photo © essexbuzzard
D.ofB. Cirencester Park, Glos 25/5/12
Duke of Burgundy
Hamearis lucina
Male Underside
Photo © jamesweightman
Duke of Burgundy (female), West Sussex (19 May 2012)
Duke of Burgundy
Hamearis lucina
Female
Photo © Mark Colvin
Duke of Burgundy (ovipositing female) - Heyshott Escarpment, Sussex 19-May-2012
Duke of Burgundy
Hamearis lucina
Female Underside
Photo © Sussex Kipper

Family: Nymphalidae

The Nymphalidae family contains species more commonly known as "aristocrats", "fritillaries" or "browns". The vernacular names follow Emmet and Heath (1990). The scientific names follow Bradley (2000).


White Admiral - imago - Pamber Forest - 25-Jun-04 (3)
White Admiral
Limenitis camilla
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
White Admiral-Fermyn Wood 4th July 2011
White Admiral
Limenitis camilla
Male Underside
Photo © nfreem
White Admiral female - Southwater, Sussex 23-June-2010
White Admiral
Limenitis camilla
Female
Photo © Sussex Kipper
White Admiral - imago - Thatcham - 19-Jun-05 (2) [REARED]
White Admiral
Limenitis camilla
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Purple Emperor - imago - Thatcham - 24-Jun-04 (14) [REARED]
Purple Emperor
Apatura iris
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Male Purple Emperor, Alice Holt, 25/07/2012
Purple Emperor
Apatura iris
Male Underside
Photo © Pauline
Purple Emperor Female, woods near Arundel, 15 July 2007
Purple Emperor
Apatura iris
Female
Photo © Sussex Kipper
Purple Emperor (female) Bernwood Forest Oxfordshire 4th July 2011
Purple Emperor
Apatura iris
Female Underside
Photo © millerd
Red Admiral, Kithurst Hill (14 October 2011)
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
Male
Photo © Mark Colvin
Red Admiral - imago - Woolhampton Gravel Pits - 14-Sep-11 (1)
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Red Admiral (female), Ticehurst, East Sussex (18 September 2012)
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
Female
Photo © Mark Colvin
Red Admiral female underside - Coverdale Road Solihull West Midlands 19.08.2012
Red Admiral
Vanessa atalanta
Female Underside
Photo © nfreem
Painted Lady - imago - Sarnano, Italy - 18-Jun-08 (1)
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Painted Lady - Magdalen Hill Down - 11 Aug 2009
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Male Underside
Photo © Clive
Painted Lady (Reared - Freshly Hatched) Caterham, Surrey 28-July-09
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Painted Lady, Steyning, 17/08/2012
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Female Underside
Photo © Pauline
Vanessa virginiensis, Azores, Sao Miguel, 2007-10-28
American Painted Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
Male
Photo © JKT
American Painted Lady - imago - USA - Unknown date (2) [Tim Knight]
American Painted Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
Male Underside
Photo © Tim Knight
American Painted Lady - imago - Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores - 06-Aug-09(2) [Andy Barker]
American Painted Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
Female
Photo © Andy Barker
American Painted Lady - imago - Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores - 06-Aug-09(3) [Andy Barker]
American Painted Lady
Vanessa virginiensis
Female Underside
Photo © Andy Barker
Small Tortoiseshell, Wiggonholt (31 August 2011)
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
Male
Photo © Mark Colvin
Small Tortoiseshell - Chaldon, Surrey 14-June-09
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Tortoiseshell Female - Chaldon, Surrey 13-April-10
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Tortoiseshell female egglaying - East Lothian, Scotland 8-June-2011
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
Female Underside
Photo © NickMorgan
Large Tortoiseshell - a fresh imago
Large Tortoiseshell
Aglais polychloros
Male
Photo © traplican
Large Tortoiseshell - imago - Thatcham - 05-Jul-05 (7) [REARED]
Large Tortoiseshell
Aglais polychloros
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Large Tortoiseshell, Littlehampton Bridge, 26 June 2007
Large Tortoiseshell
Aglais polychloros
Female
Photo © Sussex Kipper
Large Tortoiseshell underside, Littlehampton Bridge, 26 June 2007
Large Tortoiseshell
Aglais polychloros
Female Underside
Photo © Sussex Kipper
Camberwell Beauty - imago - Newbury - 29-Aug-06 (2) [Paul Olive]
Camberwell Beauty
Aglais antiopa
Male
Photo © Paul Olive
Camberwell Beauty - imago - Thatcham - 20-Sep-07 (1205) {REARED}
Camberwell Beauty
Aglais antiopa
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Camberwell Beauty - imago - Unknown location - 2008 [REARED] [Nigel Venters]
Camberwell Beauty
Aglais antiopa
Female
Photo © Nigel Venters
Camberwell Beauty (Mating couple) - Alpes-Maritimes - 1 April 2010
Camberwell Beauty
Aglais antiopa
Female Underside
Photo © CFB
Peacock - imago - Noar Hill - 30-Jul-04
Peacock
Inachis io
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Peacock male (reared) - Caterham, Surrey 26-July-2012
Peacock
Inachis io
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Peacock Female - Chaldon, Surrey 9-April-11
Peacock
Inachis io
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Peacock Female - Coulsdon, Surrey 5-May-08
Peacock
Inachis io
Female Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Comma, Pulborough Brooks (5 September 2011)
Comma
Polygonia c-album
Male
Photo © Mark Colvin
Comma, Pulborough Brooks (5 September 2011)
Comma
Polygonia c-album
Male Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Comma - Solihull West Midlands 06.10.2012
Comma
Polygonia c-album
Female
Photo © nfreem
Comma, Rewell Wood, 11 September 2009
Comma
Polygonia c-album
Female Underside
Photo © Sussex Kipper
Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary - imago - Bentley Wood - 21-May-08 (11)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Boloria selene
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary - imago - Pamber Forest - 28-May-05 (9)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Boloria selene
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Small-Pearl-bordered-Fritillary-Bentley Wood 15 June 2010 I9T4217
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Boloria selene
Female
Photo © IainLeach
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Feeding - Nr Castleside, Co Durham 18th June 2010
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Boloria selene
Female Underside
Photo © Graham Beckwith
Pearl-Bordered Fritillary - imago - Bentley Wood - 11-May-04
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Boloria euphrosyne
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Pearl-bordered-Fritillary Bentley wood 30 April 2011- 03C0609
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Boloria euphrosyne
Male Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Pearl-bordered-Fritillary-Bentley Wood 15 May 2010 I9T7606
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Boloria euphrosyne
Female
Photo © IainLeach
Pearl-bordered-Fritillary-Bentley Wood 15 May 2010 I9T7510
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Boloria euphrosyne
Female Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Queen of Spain Fritillary Male - Brandy Hole Copse, Chichester, Sussex 13-Oct-09
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Issoria lathonia
Male
Photo © Vince Massimo
Queen of Spain Fritillary - imago - Little Hortobagy, Hungary - 13-Jul-06 (0566)
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Issoria lathonia
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Queen of Spain Fritillary Female - Dunwich Forest, Suffolk 3-July-11
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Issoria lathonia
Female
Photo © Julian
Queen of Spain female Switzerland September 2010
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Issoria lathonia
Female Underside
Photo © padfield
High Brown Fritillary male - Arnside Knott, Cumbria 12-July-2012
High Brown Fritillary
Argynnis adippe
Male
Photo © Sussex Kipper
High Brown Fritillary, Dartmoor, 19 June 2009
High Brown Fritillary
Argynnis adippe
Male Underside
Photo © Sussex Kipper
High Brown Fritillary female - Arnside Knott 30.07.2012
High Brown Fritillary
Argynnis adippe
Female
Photo © nfreem
High Brown Fritillary - imago - Thatcham - 20-Jul-12 (1) [REARED]
High Brown Fritillary
Argynnis adippe
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Dark-Green-Fritillary Bakewell, Derbys 26 June 2011- 03C5674
Dark Green Fritillary
Argynnis aglaja
Male
Photo © IainLeach
Dark-Green-Fritillary Bakewell, Derbys 26 June 2011- 03C6205
Dark Green Fritillary
Argynnis aglaja
Male Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Dark Green Fritillary - imago - Stockbridge Down - 12-Jul-09 (3)
Dark Green Fritillary
Argynnis aglaja
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
Dark Green Fritillary - Stockbridge Down - 2 July 2011
Dark Green Fritillary
Argynnis aglaja
Female Underside
Photo © Clive
Silver-washed Fritillary male - Southwater, Sussex 23-June-2012
Silver-washed Fritillary
Argynnis paphia
Male
Photo © Sussex Kipper
Silver-washed Frtillary - Bentley Wood - 22-6-08
Silver-washed Fritillary
Argynnis paphia
Male Underside
Photo © Gwenhwyfar
Silver-washed-Fritillary-Bentley Wood 17 July 2010 03C9894
Silver-washed Fritillary
Argynnis paphia
Female
Photo © IainLeach
Silver Washed Fritillary Female - Southwater Wood, Sussex 8-July-10
Silver-washed Fritillary
Argynnis paphia
Female Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Marsh Fritillary - imago - Hod Hill - 26-May-04 (7)
Marsh Fritillary
Euphydryas aurinia
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Marsh-Fritillary-Aberbargoed 14 May 2011 03C2880
Marsh Fritillary
Euphydryas aurinia
Male Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Marsh-fritillary-Chambers Wood 7 May 2011 I9T3287
Marsh Fritillary
Euphydryas aurinia
Female
Photo © IainLeach
Marsh Fritillary (u) Hod Hill, Dorset 30th April 2011
Marsh Fritillary
Euphydryas aurinia
Female Underside
Photo © millerd
Glanville Fritillary - imago - Wrecclesham - 19-May-11 (2)
Glanville Fritillary
Melitaea cinxia
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Glanville Fritillary - imago - Hurst Castle - 19-May-08 (26)
Glanville Fritillary
Melitaea cinxia
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Glanville-Fritillary-Sand Point 14 May 2011 03C9760
Glanville Fritillary
Melitaea cinxia
Female
Photo © IainLeach
Glanville Fritillary Wrecclesham Surrey 14th June 2012
Glanville Fritillary
Melitaea cinxia
Female Underside
Photo © millerd
Heath-Fritillary-Blean Woods 27 May 2011 03C6771
Heath Fritillary
Melitaea athalia
Male
Photo © IainLeach
Heath Fritillary - East Blean Woods June 25th 2012.
Heath Fritillary
Melitaea athalia
Male Underside
Photo © Nigel Kiteley
Heath Fritillary Female - East Blean Wood, Kent 1-June-11
Heath Fritillary
Melitaea athalia
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Heath Fritillary (female), (Melitaea athalia), Kent (20 June 2012)
Heath Fritillary
Melitaea athalia
Female Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Speckled Wood - imago - Woolhampton - 08-Apr-11 (1)
Speckled Wood
Pararge aegeria
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Speckled Wood - Shipton Bellinger - 30 Aug 2010
Speckled Wood
Pararge aegeria
Male Underside
Photo © Clive
Speckled Wood female - Grafton Wood Worcestershire 26.08.2012
Speckled Wood
Pararge aegeria
Female
Photo © nfreem
Speckled Wood Pair - John Muir Country Park, East Lothian 16/05/12
Speckled Wood
Pararge aegeria
Female Underside
Photo © NickMorgan
Wall Brown, 12/08/2012, Steyning
Wall
Lasiommata megera
Male
Photo © Pauline
Wall Brown, male. Seaford, East Sussex. 24/5/2012.
Wall
Lasiommata megera
Male Underside
Photo © badgerbob
Wall female- Bonchurch Down Isle of Wight-15 May 2012
Wall
Lasiommata megera
Female
Photo © marmari
Wall Female - Ouse Washes, Cambs - 30.07.2010
Wall
Lasiommata megera
Female Underside
Photo © PhiliB
Mountain-Ringlet-Irton Fell 11June 2011 03C5464
Mountain Ringlet
Erebia epiphron
Male
Photo © IainLeach
Mountain-Ringlet-Irton Fell 11 June 2011 03C4295
Mountain Ringlet
Erebia epiphron
Male Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Mountain Ringlet - imago - Honister Pass - 13-Jul-06 [Richard Thomas]
Mountain Ringlet
Erebia epiphron
Female
Photo © Richard Thomas
Mountain Ringlet - Honister Pass - 19-Jun-11-2 [Paul Brock]
Mountain Ringlet
Erebia epiphron
Female Underside
Photo © Paul Brock
Scotch-Argus-Arneside Knott 30 July 2011 03C4072
Scotch Argus
Erebia aethiops
Male
Photo © IainLeach
Scotch-Argus-Arneside Knott 30 July 2011 03C4023
Scotch Argus
Erebia aethiops
Male Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Scotch Argus - imago - Arnside Knott - 22-Jul-05 (4) [Alan Thornbury]
Scotch Argus
Erebia aethiops
Female
Photo © Alan Thornbury
Scotch-Argus-Arneside Knott 30 July 2011 03C3116
Scotch Argus
Erebia aethiops
Female Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Marbled White Male - Woldingham, Surrey 21-June-09
Marbled White
Melanargia galathea
Male
Photo © Vince Massimo
Marbled White
Marbled White
Melanargia galathea
Male Underside
Photo © Gruditch
Marbled White Female - Birling Gap, Sussex 13-July-06
Marbled White
Melanargia galathea
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Marbled White Female - Oaken Wood, Surrey 29-June-2011
Marbled White
Melanargia galathea
Female Underside
Photo © hideandseek
Grayling pair (male on right), Point of Ayre, Isle of Man, 10.08.2012
Grayling
Hipparchia semele
Male
Photo © David M
Grayling Male - Arnside Knott, Cumbria 9-July-09
Grayling
Hipparchia semele
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Female Grayling, Imago - Parc Penallta (Ystrad Mynach, South Wales) 31st July 2011
Grayling
Hipparchia semele
Female
Photo © Michaeljf
Grayling (female), Dawney's Hill, Pirbright, Surrey (18 July 2011)
Grayling
Hipparchia semele
Female Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Gatekeeper male 27.07.2012 Babbs Mill West Midlands
Gatekeeper
Pyronia tithonus
Male
Photo © nfreem
Gatekeeper- 03C7238 Nottingham 24 July 2010
Gatekeeper
Pyronia tithonus
Male Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Gatekeeper (female), Hog Wood (23 July 2011)
Gatekeeper
Pyronia tithonus
Female
Photo © Mark Colvin
Gatekeeper- 03C1913 Nottingham 23 July 2010
Gatekeeper
Pyronia tithonus
Female Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Meadow Brown male upperside - Babbs Mill- 23/06/12
Meadow Brown
Maniola jurtina
Male
Photo © Gothic_dreams
Meadow Brown Male - Crawley, Sussex 11-June-07
Meadow Brown
Maniola jurtina
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Meadow Brown female - Shadowbrook Meadows Solihul 19.08.2012
Meadow Brown
Maniola jurtina
Female
Photo © nfreem
Meadow Brown Female - Crawley, Sussex 28-June-05
Meadow Brown
Maniola jurtina
Female Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Heath Male, Forden South Dale 4-June-06 [Jeff.S.Barker]
Small Heath
Coenonympha pamphilus
Male
Photo © Jeff.S.Barker
Small Heath, West Sussex (24 May 2012)
Small Heath
Coenonympha pamphilus
Male Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Small Heath - imago - Middletown Hill, Powys - 24-May-09 [Rod Trevaskus]
Small Heath
Coenonympha pamphilus
Female
Photo © Rod Trevaskus
small heath, female underside, barton common
Small Heath
Coenonympha pamphilus
Female Underside
Photo © geniculata
Large Heath - Whixall Moss 2-July-2011
Large Heath
Coenonympha tullia
Male
Photo © ronniethepoo
Large Heath ssp. davus - Whixall Moss Shropshire 04.07.2012
Large Heath
Coenonympha tullia
Male Underside
Photo © nfreem
Large Heath
Coenonympha tullia
Female
Large-Heath-davus Whixall Moss 19-June-11 03C2804
Large Heath
Coenonympha tullia
Female Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Ringlet - imago - Pamber Forest - 25-Jun-04 (2)
Ringlet
Aphantopus hyperantus
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Ringlet - imago - Bentley Wood - 21-Jun-07 (1)
Ringlet
Aphantopus hyperantus
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Ringlet Female - Southwater Wood, Sussex 8-July-10
Ringlet
Aphantopus hyperantus
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Ringlet (female), Chiddingfold Forest (11 July 2012)
Ringlet
Aphantopus hyperantus
Female Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Monarch - imago - Thatcham - 25-Sep-06 (0759) [REARED]
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Monarch - imago - Thatcham - 25-Sep-06 (0753) [REARED]
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Monarch - imago - Thatcham - 30-Sep-06 (0783) [REARED]
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
Monarch - imago - Thatcham - 25-Sep-06 (0758) [REARED]
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles

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