Apologies - hadn't checked for messages in a while. It wasn't this one either. How beautiful though! Thanks for posting.
I haven't seen my butterfly again yet

Not this one either - sorry! Thank you for trying!

Thanks for replies again. This truly is a puzzle! I'd best get back out there and hope to see it again with camera at the ready! Perhaps I've found something new!! I certainly was surprised and amazed when I saw it. Definitely not the red and black moth suggested - lovely though.
Thank you
Carrie

Hi all, Apologies - I had been looking for replies, but for some reason only just found them! Definitely not the moth pictured / Pyrausta aurita / Pyrausta purpuralis. I'm no expert - but it looked much more butterfly shaped than moth shaped to me. Also not furry like a moth, and very vibrant colour...

Hello, I've just seen a beautiful and very tiny butterfly in my garden in Sherborne, Dorset, UK. It was only about 1-1.5cm wing span, so very tiny. The rear part of the wings was red with a little yellow spot in the centre, the front part of the wings I think was black (possibly with some red - can'...