Guide to

UK butterflies F = Female
M = Male

Hairstreaks, Coppers and Blues

F M
Holly Blue

F M
F M
Silver-studded Blue
Common Blue M
Large Blue

F M M F M
Purple Hairstreak White-letter Hairstreak Adonis Blue

F M
F M M
Chalkhill Blue Small Copper
Brown Hairstreak

M M M
Small Blue
M M
Green Hairstreak Northern Brown Brown Argus
Black Hairstreak Argus

M M M M
Small Skipper Dingy Skipper Large Skipper Essex Skipper
Skippers

M M M M

Silver-spotted Skipper Lulworth Skipper Grizzled Skipper Chequered Skipper

Metalmarks F M

Duke of Burgundy

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Whites and Yellows

F M
Brimstone

F M F M

Small White Green-veined White

M
Wood White F M

Large White

F M F M
Orange-tip
Clouded Yellow

Browns

F M F M
Grayling Meadow Brown

M M M
Speckled Wood Wall Ringlet

M F M M
Mountain Ringlet Gatekeeper Scotch Argus

M M

Large Heath Small Heath

M
Marbled White

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 Emperors, Vanessids and Fritillaries

F M M
Comma
Purple Emperor

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

M M
Peacock Red Admiral

M M
M
Painted Lady Small Tortoiseshell White Admiral

M M
Pearl-bordered Fritillary Glanville Fritillary
M
Silver-washed Fritillary

M
Heath Fritillary M
M Marsh Fritillary
High Brown Fritillary

Swallowtails

M
Dark Green Fritillary Swallowtail M

Original photographs by Dan Danahar of specimens held in the Booth Museum Collection, Brighton.
Image treatment by Bob Foreman - Copyright Danahar & Foreman 2013.

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