Introduction
Butterfly names and families

Hesperiidae
Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon
Small Skipper Thymelicus slyvestris
Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola
Lulworth Skipper Thymelicus acteon
Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma
Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus
Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae
Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages

Papilionidae
Swallowtail Papilio machaon

Pieridae
Wood White Leptidea sinapis
Cryptic Wood White Lepitdea juvernica
Pale and Berger's Clouded Yellows Colias hyale and Colias alfacariensis
Clouded Yellow Colias croceus
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Black-veined White Aporia crataegi
Large White Pieris brassicae
Small White Pieris rapae
Green-veined White Pieris napi
Bath White Pontia daplidice
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines

Lycaenidae
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi
Brown Hairstreak Thecia betulae
Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album
Black Hairstreak Satyrium pruni
Large Copper Lycaena dispar
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus
Geranium Bronze Cacyreus marshalli
Bloxworth (Short-tailed) Blue everes argiades
Small Blue Cupido minimum
Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon
Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus
Mazarine Blue Celastrina argiolus
Large Blue Maculinea arion

Riodinidae
Duke of Burgandy Hamearis lucina

Nymphalidae
White Admiral Limenitis camilla
Purple Emperor Apatura iris
Camberwell Beauty Nymphalis antiopa
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
Large Tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros
Peacock Aglais io
Comma Polygonia c-album
Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene
Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne
High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe
Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja
Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia
Marsh Fritillary Euphydrayas aurinia
Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia
Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Wall Lasiommata megera
Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron
Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops
Marbled White Melanargia galathea
Grayling Hipparchia semele
Gatekepper Pyronia tithonus
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus
Large Heath Coenonympha tullia
Monarch Danaus plexippus

Further reading
Societies to join
Websites
Names of plants
Acknowledgements

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