Species

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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

Orange-tip Butterfly

Orange-tip

Speckled Wood

Speckled wood

Brown hairstreak butterfly

Brown hairstreak

green hairstreak

Green hairstreak

Wall Brown

Wall brown

Pearl-bordered Fritillary underwing

Pearl-bordered fritillary

Purple Hairstreak butterfly

Purple hairstreak

Marbled White

Marbled white

White-letter hairstreak butterfly

White-letter hairstreak

Small Copper butterfly

Small copper

Grayling

Grayling

Silver-studded Blue butterfly

Silver-studded blue

Brown Argus

Brown argus

Gatekeeper

Gatekeeper

Dark green fritillary

Dark green fritillary

Common Blue butterfly male

Common blue

Meadow Brown

Meadow brown

Holly Blue butterfly

Holly blue

Ringlet

Ringlet

Large Blue butterfly

Large blue

Small heath

Small heath

Small Skipper

Small skipper

White admiral

White admiral

Black hairstreak butterfly

Black hairstreak

Large Skipper

Large skipper

Purple emperor

Purple emperor

Heath Fritillary butterfly

Heath fritillary

Swallowtail Butterfly

Swallowtail

Red Admiral butterfly

Red admiral