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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

Brown Argus

Brown argus

Grayling

Grayling

Silver-studded Blue butterfly

Silver-studded blue

Common Blue butterfly male

Common blue

Gatekeeper

Gatekeeper

Holly Blue butterfly

Holly blue

Meadow Brown

Meadow brown

Large Blue butterfly

Large blue

Ringlet

Ringlet

Small Skipper

Small skipper

White admiral

White admiral

Small heath

Small heath

Large Skipper

Large skipper

Purple emperor

Purple emperor

Black hairstreak butterfly

Black hairstreak

Swallowtail Butterfly

Swallowtail

Red Admiral butterfly

Red admiral

Heath Fritillary butterfly

Heath fritillary

Clouded Yellow Butterfly

Clouded yellow

Painted Lady butterfly

Painted lady

Chalkhill Blue butterfly

Chalkhill blue

Brimstone Butterfly

Brimstone

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly

Small tortoiseshell

Adonis blue

Adonis blue

Large White butterfly

Large white

Peacock butterfly

Peacock

Small Blue butterfly

Small blue

Small White butterfly

Small white

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