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Species

Butterflies

Duke of Burgundy

A Scotch argus butterfly resting on a leaf, its brown wings open showing the orange patches and black-bordered white spots

Scotch argus

A wood white butterfly resting on a plant, with its distinctive oval wings closed

Wood white

Large heath butterfly

Large heath

High brown fritillary

High brown fritillary

Marsh fritillary

Marsh fritillary

Glanville fritillary

Glanville fritillary

Orange-tip Butterfly

Orange-tip

Comma butterfly

Comma

Gatekeeper

Gatekeeper

green hairstreak

Green hairstreak

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly

Small tortoiseshell

Meadow Brown

Meadow brown

Purple Hairstreak butterfly

Purple hairstreak

Dark green fritillary

Dark green fritillary

Ringlet

Ringlet

Black hairstreak butterfly

Black hairstreak

Peacock butterfly

Peacock

Large Skipper

Large skipper

Heath Fritillary butterfly

Heath fritillary

Painted Lady butterfly

Painted lady

Holly Blue butterfly

Holly blue

Chalkhill Blue butterfly

Chalkhill blue

Common Blue butterfly male

Common blue

Small Blue butterfly

Small blue

Large Blue butterfly

Large blue

Grizzled skipper

Grizzled skipper

Red Admiral butterfly

Red admiral

Silver-washed Fritillary

Silver-washed fritillary

Dingy Skipper butterfly

Dingy skipper

Purple emperor

Purple emperor

Small Skipper

Small skipper

Silver-studded Blue butterfly

Silver-studded blue

Pearl-bordered Fritillary underwing

Pearl-bordered fritillary

Swallowtail Butterfly

Swallowtail

White-letter hairstreak butterfly

White-letter hairstreak

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