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British Butterflies (in alphabetical order)
Butterfly facts on some species can be found in this section.
- Adonis Blue – Polyommatus bellargus
- Black Hairstreak – Satyrium pruni
- Brimstone – Gonepteryx rhamni
- Brown Argus – Aricia agestis
- Brown Hairstreak – Thecla betulae
- Chalkhill Blue – Polyommatus coridon
- Chequered Skipper – Carterocephalus palaemon
- Clouded Yellow – Colias croceus
- Comma – Polygonia c-album
- Common Blue – Polyommatus icarus
- Dark Green Fritillary – Argynnis aglaja
- Dingy Skipper – Erynnis tages
- Duke of Burgundy – Hamearis lucina
- Essex Skipper – Thymelicus lineola
- Gatekeeper – Pyronia tithonus
- Glanville Fritillary – Melitaea cinxia
- Grayling – Hipparchia semele
- Green-veined White – Pieris napi
- Green Hairstreak – Callophrys rubi
- Grizzled Skipper – Pyrgus malvae
- Heath Fritillary – Melitaea athalia
- High Brown Fritillary – Argynnis adippe
- Holly Blue – Celastrina argiolus
- Large Blue – Maculinea arion
- Large Copper – Lycaena dispar
- Large Heath – Coenonympha tullia
- Large Skipper> – Ochlodes venata
- Large White – Pieris brassicae
- Lulworth Skipper> – Thymelicus acteon
- Marbled White – Melanargia galathea
- Marsh Fritillary – Euphydryas aurinia
- Meadow Brown – Maniola jurtina
- Mountain Ringlet – Erebia epiphron
- Northern Brown Argus – Aricia artaxerxes
- Swallowtail – Papilio machaon
- Orange Tip – Anthocharis cardamines
- Painted Lady – Vanessa cardui
- Peacock – Inachis io
- Pearl-bordered Fritillary – Boloria euphrosyne
- Purple Emperor – Apatura iris
- Purple Hairstreak – Neozephyrus quercus
- Real’s Wood White – Leptidea reali
- Red Admiral – Vanessa atalanta
- Ringlet – Aphantopus hyperantus
- Scotch Argus – Erebia aethiops
- Silver-spotted Skipper – Hesperia comma
- Silver-studded Blue – Plebeius argus
- Silver-washed Fritillary – Argynnis paphia
- Small Blue – Cupido minimus
- Small Copper – Lycaena phlaeas
- Small Heath – Coenonympha pamphilus
- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary – Boloria selene
- Small Skipper – Thymelicus sylvestris
- Small Tortoiseshell – Aglais urticae
- Small White – Pieris rapae
- Speckled Wood – Pararge aegeria
- Wall – Lasiommata megera
- White Admiral – Limenitis camilla
- White-letter Hairstreak – Satyrium w-album
- Wood White – Leptidea sinapis
Vargrant and Extinct Species of Butterfly
- Bath White Pontia daplidice
- Berger’s Clouded Yellow Colias alfacariensis
- Black-veined White Aporia crataegi
- Camberwell Beauty Nymphalis antiopa
- Geranium Bronze Cacyreus marshalli
- Large Chequered Skipper Heteropterus morpheus
- Large Tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros
- Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus
- Map Araschnia levana
- Mazarine Blue Polyommatus semiargus
- Monarch Danaus plexippus
- Pale Clouded Yellow Colias hyale
- Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia
- Short-tailed Blue Cupido argiades