A-Z of British Butterflies and Moths

Skippers

Small Skipper		Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire
Essex Skipper		Leicestershire
Lulworth Skipper		Durlston Head, Swanage, Dorset July 2008
Silver-spotted Skipper		Watlington Hill Oxfordshire August 2008
Large Skipper		Fermyn Woods, Northamptonshire July 2008
Dingy Skipper		Edge Common, Gloucestershire May 2008

Swallowtails

No Swallowtails Seen or Photographed Yet

Unfortunately none photographed during 2008
so Swallowtail will be a wildlife target for 2009 with a visit to Norfolk

Whites

Brimstone		Hampshire July 2008
Orange-tip		Common British Butterfly
Large White		Common British Butterfly
Small White		Common British Butterfly
Green-veined White		Common British Butterfly
Marbled White		Twywell CP, Cranford, Northamptonshire July 2008

Hairstreaks

Black Hairstreak

Glapthorn Cow Pasture,
Northamptonshire

June 2008

Brown Hairstreak

Whitecross Green Wood,
Oxfordshire.

August 2007

Coopers

Small Copper

Common British
Butterfly

Blues

Small Blue		Isle of Portland, Dorset August 2008
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 Separate page coming soon		Common British Butterfly

The Metalmarks

Duke of Burgundy

Edge Common,
Gloucestershire

May 2008

White Admiral

Fermyn Woods,
Northamptonshire

July 2008

Purple Emperor

Fermyn Woods,
Northamptonshire

July 2008

Nymphalidae

Red Admiral		Common British Butterfly
Small Tortoiseshell		Common British Butterfly
Peacock		Common British Butterfly
Comma		Common British Butterfly

Fritillary

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Wyre Forrest, Worcestershire

July 2008

Dark Green Fritillary

Loch Sunart, Scotland

July 2007

Silver-washed Fritillary

Wyre Forrest, Worcestershire

July 2008

Browns

Speckled Wood		Common British Butterfly
Wall sometimes also called "Hedge 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
Ringlet		Common British Butterfly Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire
Small Heath		Ballard Down, Dorset July 2008

British Moths	Moth Gallery
Angle Shades Moth		Leicestershire
Antler Moth		Isle of Muck, Western Isles, Scotland July 2008
Chimney Sweep Moth		Leicestershire 2008
Gold Triangle Moth		Magdalen Hill Down, Hampshire July 2008
High Emerald Moth		Wyre Forrest, Worcestershire July 2008
Large Yellow Underwing		Bernwood Meadows, Oxfordshire July, 2008
Magpie Moth		Beinn Eighe, Kinlochewe, Scotland 2007
Pine Carpet		Speyside, Scotland 2007
Shaded Broad-bar		Northamptonshire 2007
Shield Moth (not sure which particular Shield moth)		Bernwood Meadows, Oxfordshire July 2008
Six-spot Burnet		Twywell CP, Cramford, Northamptonshire July 2008

Caterpillar / Larva

Broom Moth

Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire

August 2007

Fox Moth

Scottish Highlands

October 2007