A-Z of British Butterflies and Moths

Skippers

Chequered Skipper	Not yet seen, this will be a hard butterfly to find and see because of it's limited range in NW Scotland. I hope to target this with a visit in 2010.	NW Scotland
Small Skipper		Common British butterfly Photo taken in Leicestershire
Essex Skipper		Leicestershire
Lulworth Skipper		Durlston Head, Swanage, Dorset July 2008
Silver-spotted Skipper		Watlington Hill & Aston Rowant Oxfordshire August 2008 & 2009
Large Skipper		Fermyn Woods, Northamptonshire July 2008
Dingy Skipper		Edge Common, Gloucestershire May 2008
Grizzled Skipper		Tywell Hills and Dales CP, Northamptonshire May 2009

Swallowtails

Swallowtail

Strumpshaw Fen,
Norwich,
near Norfolk

June 2009

Whites

Wood White		Quoditch Moor reserve, Devon May 2009
Brimstone		Hampshire July 2008
Clouded Yellow		Coombe Hill NR, Gloucestershire July 2009
Orange-tip		Common British Butterfly
Large White		Common British Butterfly
Small White		Common British Butterfly
Green-veined White		Common British Butterfly
Marbled White		Twywell Hills and Dales CP, Cranford, Northamptonshire July 2008

Hairstreaks

Black Hairstreak		Glapthorn Cow Pasture, Northamptonshire June 2008
Brown Hairstreak		Whitecross Green Wood, Oxfordshire. August 2007
Green Hairstreak		Tywell Hills and Dales CP, Northamptonshire May 2009
Purple Hairstreak	Seen several times but yet to get a photo	Getting a photo is a Target for 2010
White-letter Hairstreak		Baggeridge Country Park West Midlands July 2009

Coopers

Small Copper

Common British
Butterfly

Blues

Small Blue		Isle of Portland, Dorset August 2008
Large Blue		Collard Hill, Somerset June 2009
Brown Argus		Magdalen Hill Down, Hampshire July 2008
Northern Brown Argus		Speyside, Scotland August 2007
Common Blue		Speyside, Scotland August 2007
Chalkhill Blue		Magdalen Hill Down, Hampshire July 2008
Adonis Blue		Ballard Down, Swanage, Dorset July 2008
Holly Blue		Common British Butterfly

The Metalmarks

Edge Common,
Gloucestershire

May 2008

Fermyn Woods,
Northamptonshire

July 2008

Fermyn Woods,
Northamptonshire

July 2008

Nymphalidae

Red Admiral		Common British Butterfly
Painted Lady		My back garden, Leicestershire May 2009
Small Tortoiseshell		Common British Butterfly
Peacock		Common British Butterfly
Comma		Common British Butterfly

Fritillary

Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary		Wyre Forrest, Worcestershire July 2008
Pearl-bordered Fritillary		near Stroud, Gloucestershire May 2009
High Brown Fritillary		Arnside Knott, Cumbria July 2009
Dark Green Fritillary		Loch Sunart, NW Scotland July 2007
Silver-washed Fritillary		Wyre Forrest, Worcestershire July 2008
Marsh Fritillary		Dunsdon DWT reserve, Devon May 2009
Glanville Fritillary		Isle of Wight June 2009
Heath Fritillary		Lydford, Devon May 2009

Browns

Grayling		Arnside Knott, Cumbria & Malvern Hills July 2009
Speckled Wood		Common British Butterfly
Wall sometimes also called "Wall Brown"		Durlston Head, Swanage, Dorset July 2008
Scotch Argus		Speyside, Scotland July 2007
Gatekeeper sometimes also called "Hedge Brown"		Common British Butterfly
Meadow Brown		Common British Butterfly
Mountain Ringlet		Mountains above Killin, Perthshire, Scotland July 2009
Ringlet		Common British Butterfly Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire
Small Heath		Ballard Down, Dorset July 2008

Angle Shades Moth		Leicestershire 2008
Antler Moth		Isle of Muck, Western Isles, Scotland July 2008
Chimney Sweep Moth		Leicestershire 2008
Common Heath Moth		Cleve Hill Gloucestershire May 2009
Gold Triangle Moth		Magdalen Hill Down, Hampshire July 2008
High Emerald Moth		Wyre Forrest, Worcestershire July 2008
Large Treble Bar	pic coming soon	Ryton Woods BC Reserve Coventry May, 2009
Large Yellow Underwing		Bernwood Meadows, Oxfordshire July, 2008
Magpie Moth		Beinn Eighe, Kinlochewe, Scotland 2007
Pine Carpet		Speyside, Scotland 2007
Red-tipped Clearwing		Coombe Hill NR, Gloucestershire July 2009
Shaded Broad-bar		Northamptonshire 2007
Shield Moth (not sure which particular Shield moth)		Bernwood Meadows, Oxfordshire July 2008
Six-belted Clearwing	pic coming soon	Baggeridge CP, West Midlands July 2009
Six-spot Burnet		Twywell CP, Cramford, Northamptonshire July 2008