Butterflies by Species
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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
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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
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Species Lifecycles
The table below show the complete lifecycle of each species showing which month each life stage occurs.
Lifecycle & Flight Charts
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Adonis Blue
African Grass Blue
Apollo
Bath White
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Black Hairstreak
Black-eyed Blue
Black-veined White
Blue Spot Hairstreak
Brimstone
Brown Argus
Brown Hairstreak
Camberwell Beauty
Chalkhill Blue
Chequered Skipper
Cleopatra
Clouded Yellow
Comma
Common Blue
Common Tiger Blue
Dark Green Fritillary
Dingy Skipper
Duke of Burgundy
Essex Skipper
False Heath Fritillary
False Ilex Hairstreak
Gatekeeper
Geranium Bronze
Glanville Fritillary
Grayling
Green Hairstreak
Green Underside Blue
Green-veined White
Grizzled Skipper
Heath Fritillary
High Brown Fritillary
Holly Blue
Ilex Hairstreak
Knapweed Fritillary
Lang's Short Tailed 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 Fritillary
Marbled Skipper
Marbled White
Marsh Fritillary
Mazarine Blue
Meadow Brown
Meadow Fritillary
Monarch
Moroccan Orange-tip
Mountain Dappled White
Mountain Ringlet
Nettle-tree Butterfly
Niobe Fritillary
Northern Brown Argus
Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper
Oberthur's Skipper
Orange-tip
Painted Lady
Pale Clouded Yellow
Panoptes Blue
Peacock
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Pearly Heath
Portugese Dappled White
Provencal Fritillary
Provence Orange-tip
Purple Emperor
Purple Hairstreak
Purple-edged Copper
Purple-Shot Copper
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Real's Wood White
Red Admiral
Red Underwing Skipper
Ringlet
Rosy Grizzled Skipper
Safflower Skipper
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
Spanish Argus
Spanish Festoon
Spanish Marbled White
Spanish Purple Hairstreak
Speckled Wood
Spotted Fritillary
Swallowtail British Race
Swallowtail European Race
The Hermit
Turquoise Blue
Violet Fritillary
Wall Brown
Weaver's Fritillary
Western Dappled White
White Admiral
White-letter Hairstreak
Wood White
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