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BLUES

A large family (Lycaenidae) that includes the hairstreaks and coppers as well. The males are usually blue (some exceptions), but the females are brown.
The blues are what make the summer in the UK. Only the Common Blue, Small Blue and Holly Blue are seen in the northern half of Britain. They are all seen on the continental mainland, yet many of the British species are confined to the deep south. This is probably more to do with geology (Chalk) and grazing than temperature.


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Common Blue 03

A common blue butterfly of grassland.
Common blue

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Small Blue 05


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Small Blue 03

Small blue
A very small blue butterfly that looks like a moth when seen fluttering in the grass. Likes to bask on bare earth or stones.


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Large Blue 13 Large Blue 17

Large Blue
An extremely rare butterfly that is on the up thanks to re-introduction projects at secret sites around the country. These photos were taken at a Gloucestershire site.


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Brown Argus 03


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Brown Argus 01

Brown argus
A fairly scarce member of the blue butterflies. Male and female are brown, so both can be confused with the female Common Blue.

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Chalkhill Blue 1 Chalkhill Blue 12

Chalkhill blue
A locally common butterfly of calcareous downland.

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Holly Blue 02 crop

Holly blue


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Long Tailed Blue 01

Long tailed blue
An infrequent visitor to the UK. The tail shows the link between the "blues" and the "hairstreaks".
They are usually seen amongst garden flowers.


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nice butterflies :)

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FRITILLARIES

A famous group of butterflies known for their remarkable "stained glass" patterns.
They belong to the Nymphalidae family, all of which share the trait of exotic showiness (Purple Emperor, Red Admiral and Comma also belong here).
Most of the fritillaries are endangered due to their specific habitat requirements.


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Marsh Fritillary 1 (S)



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Marsh Fritillary 2 (S)

Marsh Fritillary
Late evening light falls on this beautiful but scarce butterfly. Found in isolated pockets around the UK, from as far north as Oban, to Lands End.


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Fritillary Pearl Bordered 1 (crop)

Pearl Bordered Fritillary
A nationally rare fritillary in the UK, and still declining. Most easily told apart from the small PBF by its earlier flight period (May rather than mid June), otherwise very similar.


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Fritillary Small Pearl Bordered 19



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Fritillary Small Pearl Bordered 25




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Fritillary Small Pearl Bordered 32




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Fritillary Small Pearl Bordered 23


Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary
An increasingly scarce butterfly that likes flying quickly with occasional rests on bracken or grass close to the floor.
It is sometimes seen nectaring on thistle and bramble, but often seems to keep going without feeding. I spent several days at a site near my home (June 2009) trying to photograph them, and chances for a good photo were rarely presented. I was finally able to cajoule one onto a foxglove for the bottom photos, a stunningly graphic plant before the buds open, but only possible because the butterfly was cold and reluctant to fly. They never perch on foxgloves otherwise!

Photo: Forest of Dean, June 2009.


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Fritillary High Brown 01


High Brown Fritillary
One of the UK's rarest butterflies occurring at only three small locations. These were taken at a Devon site.


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Fritillary Glanville 04

Glanville Fritillary

A very rare fritillary on the British mainland but more common at their stronghold on the Isle of Wight. Often considered to be the most beautiful fritillary The above were taken on Hampshire coast after a painstaking search.



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Silver Washed Fritillary 14



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Silver Washed Fritillary 15 (crop)


Silver Washed Fritillary
Our largest and most widespread fritillary often seen at bramble and thistle in July.


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Fritillary Heath 1


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Fritillary Heath 06



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Fritillary Heath 03


Heath Fritillary
A quite scarce fritillary in the UK occurring at just a few sites in the south west of England. However, they are very common on the continent.
These were photographed near Lydford in Devon.



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Fritillary Dark Green 01


Dark Green Fritillary
Similar to the Silver Washed on top, but has a splodge of dark green on its underwing as well as large white spots.
I often see them on dune slacks and heather moorland. Photographed at Kenfig Pools, South Wales, July 2005.




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Comma 04


Comma

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BROWNS

The Satyridae family has 11 British species told easily by the white pupilled eye-spots.
Their caterpillars prefer grass as a food plant.


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Gatekeeper 03

Gatekeeper

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Meadow Brown 01

Meadow brown

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Marbled Whites mating 2


Marbled white Melanargia galathea L.
I know, but it is classed as "A Brown" butterfly - it only has two pairs of functional legs (seen here).
Here the male is prodding the female with his legs and antennae to initiate mating. Usually found on open chalk or limestone grassland.


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Grayling 01

Grayling Hipparchia semele
A very difficult species to find due to its grey undersides, not to mention increasing rarity. It is a species of rocky heaths and cliffs.
This photo was taken on the Isle of Man.

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Ringlet 02



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Ringlet 06


Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
A very dark brown butterfly with striking underwing spots. They like bracken.


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Small Heath 01

Small heath Coenonympha pamphilus

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Speckled Wood 03



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Speckled Wood 04

Speckled wood Pararge aegeria
A common butterfly of woodland and, therefore, able to tolerate lower temperatures for flying than most butterflies.


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Wall Brown 03

Wall brown
A rare butterfly of rocky grassland and yes, sunny walls.

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WHITES

A familiar family (Pieridae) of butterflies with 7 species occuring in Britain.




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Green Veined White 02

Green veined white
A very common butterfly that's often mistaken for large white, orange-tip or wood white.
The dusty dark veins under the wing are the giveaway. It is also quite a weak flyer that looks for yellow flowers near gorse.




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Wood White 06


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Wood White on BF Trefoil 03


Wood White
A dainty butterfly with a weak flight. Often seen in woodland rides with orchids.


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Clouded Yellow 02

Clouded yellow
An occasional visitor to the UK but common on continental Europe.


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Brimstone 06

Brimstone
An unmistakable large yellow butterfly that is often one of the first to be seen each year zooming along woodland rides and hedgerows.
Interestingly, they prefer yellow flowers in the spring, turning to purple flowers in summer.


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Large White 1 (S)

Large white
Also known as the Cabbage White due to the caterpillar's love for them (their larval food plant).
Told from the small white butterfly by the strong black wing-tips. Both have yellowish dusty underwings.



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Orange Tip 02

Orange tip
An active butterfly seen here nectaring on Cuckoo Flower, its larval foodplant.

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SKIPPERS

The Hesperiidae family, or skippers are a strange lot, as they're closely related to the moths!
They are always small and fast flying, making photography of them difficult (hard to follow and creep up on them).



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Grizzled Skipper 06 (S) Grizzled Skipper 08



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Grizzled Skipper 13


Grizzled skipper


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Dingy Skipper 1 (S)


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Dingy Skipper 01 (crop)


Dingy skipper



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Skipper Large 2




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Skipper Large 04


Large skipper


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Small Skipper 2 (S)


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Small Skipper 1 (S)

Small skipper

I'm lucky because there is a site less than a mile from my home that has 4 different skippers.

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HAIRSTREAKS

These belong to the same family as the "Blues" (Lycaenidae). They nearly all have small "tails" on their hind wing (except the green hairstreak).
Some of the blues outside the UK share this character (see Long-tailed Blue) so it is not distinguishing, but it is good enough for the UK observer.
They are generally hard to find due to either their habit of preferring tree tops (Purple Hairstreak), or their scarcity and smallness.



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White Letter Hairstreak 04


White letter hairstreak

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Green Hairstreak 1 (S)


Green hairstreak



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Black Hairstreak 06

Black hairstreak

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[sirajstc]

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