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British Butterflies

One of my long term wildlife photography projects is to see and take reasonably photographs of all 58 of the British butterfly species.

I started this in August 2007 and just under 3 years later on 11th July 2010, I managed to get a few images of a Purple Hairstreak and as a result I have now photographed the 58 British species

British butterfly gallery
(photo of each of these 58 butterfly species I have managed to capture)

But there are also many species I will try to see again to try and get better results.

Clouded Yellow
(photo from Greece)

Grass Jewel
(Europe's smallest butterfly - photo from Greece)

British Butterflies
by Species below

Skippers

Chequered Skipper		Glasdrum Woods, NW Scotland June 2010
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

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		Ferymn Woods, Northamptonshire July 2010
White-letter Hairstreak		Baggeridge Country Park West Midlands July 2009

Coopers

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
Silver-studded Blue		Press Heath, Shropshire July 2010
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

Duke of Burgundy

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
Large Heath		Withrop Moss, Cumbria July 2010

All Photos Copyright Nigel Spencer