novice needs help identifying 2 butterflies

[Rebecca]

Hello I'm new to the forum but have been looking at the site for a while. Although I have been interested in nature for years, I have mainly concentrated on birds and wild flowers but have recently become more interested in butterflies. Normally I can identify the few I see in the garden or out in the fields but I have 2 that I cannot be certain on.

One butterfly I took 2 pictures of (wings open and wings closed) and I cannot be certain which white butterfly it is. The very mottled effect underneath its wings looks like a Bath white but surely it couldn't be?

The second butterfly is a blue but again I am uncertain on which one.

I apologise for the quality of the pictures but they were taken with the camera on my phone whilst i was out with the dogs.

Rebecca

[Gruditch]

Hi Rebecca, welcome to the forum. The butterfly in the top image is a Common Blue, the other two images are of a female Orange-tip.

Regards Gruditch

[Rebecca]

Thank you very much Gruditch. That would make a lot of sense as I have seen alot of orange tips in the woods this year, just confused me with the lack of orange tip! I have seen quite alot of blues this year which is very unusual as I didn't see any around here last year.
Thank you again.

[David M]

Common Blues, this year at least, should be renamed 'abundant blues'.