British Butterflies

British Butterflies Anthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera
Common name	Scientific name	UK Status
Chequered Skipper	Carterocephalus palaemon	Resident
Large Chequered Skipper	Heteropterus morpheus	Introduced(?)/Extinct
Small Skipper	Thymelicus sylvestris	Resident
Essex Skipper	Thymelicus lineola	Resident
Lulworth Skipper	Thymelicus acteon	Resident
Silver-spotted Skipper	Hesperia comma	Resident
Large Skipper	Ochlodes venata	Resident
Dingy Skipper	Erynnis tages	Resident
Grizzled Skipper	Pyrgus malvae	Resident
Swallowtail	Papilio machaon	Resident
Wood White	Leptidea sinapis	Resident
Réal's Wood White	Leptidea reali	Resident
Pale Clouded Yellow	Colias hyale	Rare Migrant
Berger's Clouded Yellow	Colias alfacariensis	Rare Migrant
Clouded Yellow	Colias croceus	Regular Migrant
Brimstone	Gonepteryx rhamni	Resident
Black-veined White	Aporia crataegi	Extinct
Large White	Pieris brassicae	Resident
Small White	Pieris rapae	Resident
Green-veined White	Pieris napi	Resident
Bath White	Pontia daplidice	Rare Migrant
Orange-tip	Anthocharis cardamines	Resident
Green Hairstreak	Callophrys rubi	Resident
Brown Hairstreak	Thecla betulae	Resident
Purple Hairstreak	Neozephyrus quercus	Resident
White-letter Hairstreak	Satyrium w-album	Resident
Black Hairstreak	Satyrium pruni	Resident
Small Copper	Lycaena phlaeas	Resident
Large Copper	Lycaena dispar	Extinct
Long-tailed Blue	Lampides boeticus	Rare Migrant
Small Blue	Cupido minimus	Resident
Short-tailed Blue	Cupido argiades	Rare Migrant
Silver-studded Blue	Plebeius argus	Resident
Brown Argus	Aricia agestis	Resident
Northern Brown Argus	Aricia artaxerxes	Resident
Common Blue	Polyommatus icarus	Resident
Chalkhill Blue	Polyommatus coridon	Resident
Adonis Blue	Polyommatus bellargus	Resident
Mazarine Blue	Polyommatus semiargus	Extinct
Holly Blue	Celastrina argiolus	Resident
Large Blue	Maculinea arion	Resident
Geranium Bronze	Cacyreus marshalli	Introduced/(Extinct?)
Duke of Burgundy	Hamearis lucina	Resident
White Admiral	Limenitis camilla	Resident
Purple Emperor	Apatura iris	Resident
Red Admiral	Vanessa atalanta	Regular Migrant
Painted Lady	Vanessa cardui	Regular Migrant
Small Tortoiseshell	Aglais urticae	Resident
Large Tortoiseshell	Nymphalis polychloros	Extinct, Rare Migrant
Camberwell Beauty	Nymphalis antiopa	Rare Migrant
Peacock	Inachis io	Resident
Comma	Polygonia c-album	Resident
Map	Araschnia levana	Rare Migrant
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary	Boloria selene	Resident
Pearl-bordered Fritillary	Boloria euphrosyne	Resident
Queen of Spain Fritillary	Issoria lathonia	Rare Migrant
High Brown Fritillary	Argynnis adippe	Resident
Dark Green Fritillary	Argynnis aglaja	Resident
Silver-washed Fritillary	Argynnis paphia	Resident
Marsh Fritillary	Euphydryas aurinia	Resident
Glanville Fritillary	Melitaea cinxia	Resident
Heath Fritillary	Melitaea athalia	Resident
Speckled Wood	Pararge aegeria	Resident
Wall	Lasiommata megera	Resident
Mountain Ringlet	Erebia epiphron	Resident
Scotch Argus	Erebia aethiops	Resident
Marbled White	Melanargia galathea	Resident
Grayling	Hipparchia semele	Resident
Gatekeeper	Pyronia tithonus	Resident
Meadow Brown	Maniola jurtina	Resident
Ringlet	Aphantopus hyperantus	Resident
Small Heath	Coenonympha pamphilus	Resident
Large Heath	Coenonympha tullia	Resident
Monarch	Danaus plexippus	Rare Migrant

British Butterflies

Anthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera