Butterflies by Species select Adonis Blue Apollo Bath White Berger's Clouded Yellow Black Hairstreak Black-veined White Brimstone Brown Argus Brown Hairstreak Camberwell Beauty Chalkhill Blue Chequered Skipper Clouded Yellow Comma Common Blue Dark Green Fritillary Dingy Skipper Duke of Burgundy Essex Skipper Gatekeeper Geranium Bronze Glanville Fritillary Grayling Green Hairstreak Green-veined White Grizzled Skipper Heath Fritillary High Brown Fritillary Holly Blue Large Blue Large Chequered Skipper Large Copper British Race Large Heath Large Skipper Large Tortoiseshell Large Wall Large White Long-tailed Blue Lulworth Skipper Mallow Skipper Map Marbled White Marsh Fritillary Mazarine Blue Meadow Brown Monarch Mountain Dappled White Mountain Ringlet Niobe Fritillary Northern Brown Argus Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper Orange-tip Painted Lady Pale Clouded Yellow Peacock Pearl-bordered Fritillary Purple Emperor Purple Hairstreak Queen of Spain Fritillary Real's Wood White Red Admiral Ringlet Scarce Copper Scarce Swallowtail Scotch Argus Short-tailed Blue Silver-spotted Skipper Silver-studded Blue Silver-washed Fritillary Small Blue Small Copper Small Heath Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Small Skipper Small Tortoiseshell Small White Sooty Copper Speckled Wood Swallowtail British Race Swallowtail European Race The Hermit Turquoise blue Wall Brown Weaver's Fritillary White Admiral White-letter Hairstreak Wood White Butterflies by Family select Hesperiidae Lycaenidae Nymphalidae Papilionidae Pieridae Other Wildlife Other Wildlife Amphibians Birds Dragonflies Mammals Moths Orchids Reptiles Wild Flowers HOMEBUTTERFLIESFORUMPHOTO LIBRARYDOWNLOADSBLOGGSHOPLINKSABOUTCONTACT Hesperiidae Lycaenidae Nymphalidae Papilionidae Pieridae   You can also view an alphabetical list of species by common name or by latin name.     All butterflies by family view all species by family   Butterfly Species by Family Lycaenidae Resident Species (16) Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus Black Hairstreak Satyrium pruni Brown Argus Aricia agestis Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon Common Blue Polyommatus icarus Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus Large Blue Glaucopsyche arion Northern Brown Argus Aricia artaxerxes Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus quercus Silver-studded Blue Plebeius argus Small Blue Cupido minimus Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album Rare Migrant Species (2) (species which rarely occur in Britain) Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus Short-tailed Blue Cupido argiades Extinct Species (5) (species once present in Britain but now extinct) Large Copper British Race Lycaena dispar Mazarine Blue Polyommatus semiargus Scarce Copper Lycaena virgaureae Sooty Copper Lycaena tityrus Turquoise blue Plebicula dorylas Main Content More Content Further Information Species List - Species List (text only) Photo Image Library Amphibians - Reptiles Aberrant Forms - Known Aberrants List by Species Free documents and guides to download Dragonflies and Damselflies   Distribution Maps & Flight Times   Gardening for Butterflies   Moths   Lifecycle Charts - Illustrated Lifecycle Guide to Rearing British Butterflies Wild Flowers - Orchids Protected Species & UK Law - Butterfly Collectors Technical Terms Recommended Web Links Butterflies in Winter List of References - Book Reviews   All text, photographs, images & other graphic elements used on this web site are copyright Steven Cheshire 2000 - unless otherwise stated. current visitors 243 British Butterflies is Carbon Neutral