Butterflies of the British Isles
| Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:13 Anne |
The British Isles have just under 60 species of native butterfly. Here are eighteen of them
                
Can we find more? |
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| Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:25 puffinbillyunst |
Okay, Anne, you've made me submit all my digitally available species (oh for all the better ones I had on slide but I'm not searching out and scanning all those)!
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| Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:17 Hugh |
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| Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:27 Laverock |
   
and uploading some of my own back catalogue:     |
| Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:03 EvelynSimak |
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| Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:46 Blob |
This sudden flurry of butterflies (a flutty ?) resulted in the unlikely bit of moderating I have just done :
Photo No. 584921 - A Ringlet - by Mike Pennington
 Photo No. 584922 - A Ringlet - by Dave Hitchborne |
| Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:07 puffinbillyunst |
Here's some more species
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| Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:10 puffinbillyunst |
By my reckoning we now have these 36 species:
Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris Large Skipper - Ochlodes venata Grizzled Skipper - Pyrgus malvae Brimstone - Gonepteryx rhamni Large White - Pieris brassicae Small White - Pieris (Artogeia) rapae Green-veined White - Pieris (Artogeia) napi Orange Tip - Anthocharis cardamines Green Hairstreak - Callophrys rubi Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas Silver-studded Blue - Plebeius (Plebejus) argus Northern Brown Argus - Aricia artaxerxes Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus Chalkhill Blue - Polyommatus (Lysandra) coridon Adonis Blue - Polyommatus (Lysandra) bellargus Holly Blue - Celastrina argiolus Large Blue - Maculinea arion Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta Painted Lady - Vanessa (Cynthia) cardui Small Tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae Peacock - Inachis io Comma - Polygonia c-album Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Boloria (Clossiana) selene Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Boloria (Clossiana) euphrosyne Dark Green Fritillary - Argynnis (Mesoacidalia) aglaja Silver-washed Fritillary - Argynnis paphia Marsh Fritillary - Euphydryas (Eurodryas) aurinia Speckled Wood - Pararge aegeria Wall - Lasiommata megera Scotch Argus - Erebia aethiops Marbled White - Melanargia galathea Grayling - Hipparchia semele Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina Ringlet - Aphantopus hyperantus Small Heath - Coenonympha pamphilus |
| Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:11 puffinbillyunst |
And we still need 23 species:
Chequered Skipper - Carterocephalus palaemon Essex Skipper - Thymelicus lineola Lulworth Skipper - Thymelicus acteon Silver-spotted Skipper - Hesperia comma Dingy Skipper - Erynnis tages Swallowtail - Papilio machaon Wood White - Leptidea sinapis Real's Wood White - Leptidea reali Clouded Yellow - Colias croceus Brown Hairstreak - Thecla betulae Purple Hairstreak - Neozephyrus (Quercusia) quercus White-letter Hairstreak - Satyrium (Strymonidia) w-album Black Hairstreak - Satyrium (Strymonidia) pruni Small Blue - Cupido minimus Brown Argus - Aricia agestis Duke of Burgundy - Hamearis lucina White Admiral - Limenitis camilla Purple Emperor - Apatura iris High Brown Fritillary - Argynnis (Fabriciana) adippe Glanville Fritillary - Melitaea cinxia Heath Fritillary - Melitaea (Mellicta) athalia Small Mountain Ringlet - Erebia epiphron Large Heath - Coenonympha tullia |
| Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:24 Anne |
you've made me submit all my digitally available species
Wow! I was aiming for just one of each species! That's impressive. |
