Butterflies
- Adonis blue (Lysandra bellargus): identification, range and life cycleAdonis blue
- Alcon blue (Phengaris alcon): a caterpillar raised by antsAlcon blue
- Amanda's blue (Polyommatus amandus): identification, range and host plantsAmanda's blue
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Apollo (Parnassius apollo): mountain meadows and red eyespotsApollo- Berger's clouded yellow (Colias alfacariensis): a pale yellow twinBergers clouded yellow
- Black-veined white (Aporia crataegi): identification, host plants and rangeBlack-veined White
- Brown argus (Aricia agestis): a blue without the blueBrown argus
Brown hairstreak (Thecla betulae): blackthorn, orange tails and an elusive late flierBrown Hairstreak- Cardinal (Argynnis pandora): identification, range and host plantsCardinal
- Chalkhill blue (Lysandra coridon): identification, range and life cycleChalkhill blue
- Chequered blue (Scolitantides orion): a Palearctic rock-dwellerChequered blue
- Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon): range, habitat and life cycleChequered skipper
- Chestnut heath (Coenonympha glycerion): a woodland-edge heath of the PalearcticChestnut heath
- Citrus swallowtail (Papilio demodocus): range, host plants and life cycleCitrus swallowtail
Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra): a leaf-shaped Mediterranean butterflyCleopatra- Clouded yellow (Colias croceus): a migrant on the wingClouded yellow
Comma (Polygonia c-album): ragged wings and a hidden white markComma- Common blue (Polyommatus icarus): identification, range and life cycleCommon blue
Common Bluebottle (Graphium sarpedon): a fast, blue-banded swallowtailCommon Bluebottle- Common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni): buckthorn, hibernation and rangeCommon brimstone
Common Jezebel (Delias eucharis): range, host plants and underside patternCommon Jezebel- Danube clouded yellow (Colias myrmidone): a grassland specialist in retreatDanube clouded yellow
- Dark green fritillary (Speyeria aglaja): identification, range and life cycleDark green fritillary
- Dingy skipper (Erynnis tages): identification, range and host plantsDingy skipper
- Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina): a fritillary that is not a fritillaryDuke of burgundy fritillary
- Dusky large blue (Phengaris nausithous): a caterpillar raised on great burnetDusky Large Blue
- Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola): grassland range and host grassesEssex skipper
- European beak (Libythea celtis): the snout butterfly of the nettle treeEuropean beak
- False heath fritillary (Melitaea diamina): range, host plants and flight periodFalse heath fritillary
- Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus): the hedgerow butterfly with double-pupilled eyespotsGatekeeper
- Geranium argus (Eumedonia eumedon): range, host plants and flight periodGeranium argus
- Geranium bronze (Cacyreus marshalli): the geranium pest from South AfricaGeranium bronze
- Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia): range, host plants and flight periodGlanville fritillary
- Grayling (Hipparchia semele): camouflage, grasses and a dry, sunny homeGrayling
Great purple emperor (Sasakia charonda): Japan's national butterflyGreat purple emperor- Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi): a brown butterfly with a green undersideGreen Hairstreak
- Green-underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis): a Palearctic blue with a green underwingGreen-underside Blue
- Green-veined white (Pieris napi): identification, range and host plantsGreen-veined white
Grizzled skipper (Pyrgus malvae): identification, range and host plantsGrizzled skipper- Julia butterfly (Dryas iulia): passionflowers, range and flight periodJulia butterfly
- Knapweed fritillary (Melitaea phoebe): range, host plants and flight periodKnapweed fritillary
- Lang's short-tailed blue (Leptotes pirithous): a tiny Mediterranean wandererLang's short-tailed blue
Large blue (Phengaris arion): identification, range and ant parasitismLarge blue- Large chequered skipper (Heteropterus morpheus): mirror spots and a bouncing flightLarge chequered skipper
Large Copper (Lycaena dispar): range, host plants and conservationLarge Copper- Large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus): grassland range and host grassesLarge Skipper
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Large tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros): range, host plants and life cycleLarge tortoiseshell- Large wall brown (Lasiommata maera): range, habitat and life cycleLarge wall brown
Large white (Pieris brassicae): identification, host plants and rangeLarge white- Lesser marbled fritillary (Brenthis ino): identification, range and host plantsLesser Marbled Fritillary
- Lime butterfly (Papilio demoleus): range, host plants and flightLime butterfly
Long-tailed blue (Lampides boeticus): a tiny, tailed wandererLong-tailed blue
Lulworth skipper (Thymelicus acteon): range, host grass and flight periodLulworth skipper- Mallow skipper (Carcharodus alceae): range, host plants and flight periodMallow skipper
Marbled fritillary (Brenthis daphne): identification, range and host plantsMarbled fritillary- Marbled white (Melanargia galathea): black-and-white grassland butterflyMarbled white
- Mazarine blue (Cyaniris semiargus): range, host plants and life cycleMazarine blue
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Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina): grassland butterfly of the PalearcticMeadow brown_2r3CXC.webp)
Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus): milkweed, migration and rangeMonarch
Moorland clouded yellow (Colias palaeno): a butterfly of bogs and bilberryMoorland clouded yellow
Mourning cloak (Nymphalis antiopa): the butterfly that hibernates as an adultMourning cloak- Niobe fritillary (Fabriciana niobe): identification, range and life cycleNiobe fritillary
- Northern blue (Plebejus idas): identification, range and host plantsNorthern blue
- Orange oakleaf (Kallima inachus): a butterfly disguised as a dead leafOrange oakleaf
- Orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines): identification, range and life cycleOrange tip
- Painted lady (Vanessa cardui): range, host plants and migrationPainted Lady
- Pale clouded yellow (Colias hyale): a Palaearctic migrantPale cloudedyyellow
- Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana): range, eyespots and host plantsPeacock Pansy
- Pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne): range, violets and flight periodPearl-bordered Fritillary
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Pearly heath (Coenonympha arcania): a white-banded heath of Europe's dry grasslandsPearly heath- Plain tiger (Danaus chrysippus): mimicry, milkweed and a near-global rangePlain tiger
Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi): aspen woodland glider of EurasiaPoplar Admiral- Provencal short-tailed blue (Cupido alcetas): a thread-tailed grassland blueProvencal Short-tailed Blue
- Purple hairstreak (Favonius quercus): a canopy butterfly of oak woodsPurple Hairstreak
- Purple-edged copper (Lycaena hippothoe): identification, range and life cyclePurple-edged copper
- Purple-shot Copper (Lycaena alciphron): identification, range and life cyclePurple-shot Copper
- Queen Alexandra's birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae): the world's largest butterflyQueen Alexandra's Birdwing
- Queen of Spain fritillary (Issoria lathonia): identification, range and life cycleQueen of Spain Fritillary
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Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta): range, host plants and migrationRed Admiral- Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus): identification, range and life cycleRinglet
- Scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae): range, host plants and flight periodScarce copper
- Scarce fritillary (Euphydryas maturna): range, host plants and declineScarce Fritillary
Scarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius): range, host plants and tailsScarce swallowtail
Short-horned Baronia (Baronia brevicornis): Mexico's most primitive swallowtailShort-horned Baronia- Short-tailed blue (Cupido argiades): a small, tailed wandererShort-tailed blue
- Silver-spotted skipper (Hesperia comma): a fast, sun-loving grassland skipperSilver-spotted skipper
- Silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus): identification, range and life cycleSilver-studded blue
- Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia): identification, range and life cycleSilver-washed fritillary
- Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas): identification, range and life cycleSmall copper
- Small pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene): range, violets and flight periodSmall pearl-bordered fritillary
- Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris): range, host grasses and flight periodSmall skipper
Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae): nettles, hibernation and one of the longest flight seasonsSmall Tortoiseshell- Small white (Pieris rapae): identification, host plants and rangeSmall white
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Sooty copper (Lycaena tityrus): identification, range and life cycleSooty copper- Southern festoon (Zerynthia polyxena): range, host plants and life cycleSouthern festoon
- Southern Swallowtail (Papilio alexanor): range, host plants and flight periodSouthern Swallowtail
Southern white admiral (Limenitis reducta): honeysuckle glider of the MediterraneanSouthern white admiral- Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria): a woodland butterfly that fights for sunlit perchesSpeckled wood
- Spotted fritillary (Melitaea didyma): range, host plants and flight periodSpotted Fritillary
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Swallowtail (Papilio machaon): range, host plants and flight periodSwallowtail- Two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius): strawberry tree and Mediterranean scrubTwo-tailed pasha
- Violet fritillary (Boloria dia): a small, double-brooded fritillary of open groundViolet fritillary
- Wall brown (Lasiommata megera): grassland camouflage and baskingWall brown
- White admiral (Limenitis camilla): woodland glider of honeysuckle ridesWhite admiral
- White-letter hairstreak (Satyrium w-album): elm canopies and a hidden WWhite-letter hairstreak
Wood White (Leptidea sinapis): a slow-flying white of woodland ridesWood White- Woodland brown (Lopinga achine): a shade-loving grass-feeder of old forestsWoodland brown
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- Brown argus (Aricia agestis): a blue without the blue
- Short-horned Baronia (Baronia brevicornis): Mexico's most primitive swallowtail
- Geranium bronze (Cacyreus marshalli): the geranium pest from South Africa
- Two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius): strawberry tree and Mediterranean scrub
- Chestnut heath (Coenonympha glycerion): a woodland-edge heath of the Palearctic
- Danube clouded yellow (Colias myrmidone): a grassland specialist in retreat
- Moorland clouded yellow (Colias palaeno): a butterfly of bogs and bilberry
- Provencal short-tailed blue (Cupido alcetas): a thread-tailed grassland blue