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A close view of a Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io) feeding on Buddleia (Buddleia... (more)

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I was just about to photograph a cluster of Bramble flowers when a Green-veined... (more)

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Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterfly feeding on Buddleia (Buddleia davidii)... (more)

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This tiny butterfly is quite a rarity. I was not surprised to see one here,... (more)

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Cuckoo Flower or Lady's Smock (Cardamine pratensis) is the favourite food... (more)

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Just when I thought summer was over, a glorious warm spell brought out more... (more)

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I'm having a small amount of trouble with identifying this butterfly.... (more)

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According to the Butterfly Conservation website, brambles and wild privet are a... (more)

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According to the Butterfly Conservation website, brambles and wild privet are a... (more)

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Peacock (Aglias io) butterfly at Castle Park in Bangor.

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Just when I thought summer was over, a glorious warm spell brought out more... (more)

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This is from south-east Asia and is apparently a very common species of... (more)

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The disused Broadcroft Quarry is marked on the map as a butterfly reserve, and... (more)

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There were large numbers of butterflies on the brambles by the path along Ballard Down.

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This tiny butterfly is quite a rarity. I was not surprised to see one here,... (more)

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This is a female Oramge Tip. Only the males have the characteristic orange patch... (more)

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A peacock butterfly on a thistle on Mitchell Lane.

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A small blue butterfly on the vacant and overgrown ground reserved for the... (more)

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The small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) is one of the most common... (more)

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Perhaps it was because the weather was a bit overcast, but the large numbers of... (more)

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Not the best ever image of a butterfly, and partly obscured by a blade of grass,... (more)

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One of the white butterflies commonly lumped together as 'cabbage white'.

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High numbers of these colourful butterflies were seen in West Somerset in 2020.

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Peacock butterfly, feeding on buddleia (the “butterfly bush”), on the reclaimed... (more)

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I had never before seen a Comma. I have a book published in 1992 that shows no... (more)

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At Chapman's Well Nature Reserve near Stanley. A restored open cast coal... (more)

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This is a male; the females lack the distinctive orange patches. They are active... (more)

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On the Consett and Sunderland Railway Path at Annfield Plain. One of the... (more)

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A male orange-tip butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, sitting on its main larval... (more)

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This butterfly is extending its range eastwards in northern Scotland, but is... (more)

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Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) on lesser celandine flowers on an early... (more)

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A European Peacock butterfly (Aglais io) on a butterfly bush (buddleia) at the... (more)

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Two European Peacock butterflies (Aglais io) on a butterfly bush (buddleia) at... (more)

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Two European Peacock butterflies (Aglais io) on a butterfly bush (buddleia) at... (more)

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For info about the butterfly, see... (more)

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I don't think I have ever seen so many Peacock butterflies so early in the... (more)

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For info about the butterfly, and photos of the stunning blue colours in the... (more)

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We saw about 10 different species of butterfly as we walked down the dale.

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See Link for information... (more)

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The brimstone is a single-brood butterfly which overwinters as an adult. With a... (more)

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Small White Butterfly (Pieris rapae)

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A Small Heath butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus) resting on a Greater Butterfly... (more)

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Resting on an ivy leaf. The broad black margin to the fore-wings indicate that... (more)

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I think it might be a Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus) but am willing to be corrected.

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The butterfly is on a spike of Marsh Woundwort.

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A large, common butterfly, distinguished by its size and the black dots on its... (more)

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This butterfly occurs only in southern Dorset, around Lulworth, though it is... (more)

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2024 is a poor year for butterflies, but there were lots of these along the top... (more)

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The gatekeeper or hedge brown butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) gets its name because... (more)

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The one on the left is a female Large White, but I'm not sure about the other one.

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