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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

Silver-studded Blue butterfly

Silver-studded blue

White-letter hairstreak butterfly

White-letter hairstreak

Pearl-bordered Fritillary underwing

Pearl-bordered fritillary

Brown hairstreak butterfly

Brown hairstreak

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly

Small pearl-bordered fritillary

Dingy Skipper butterfly

Dingy skipper

Grizzled skipper

Grizzled skipper

Small Blue butterfly

Small blue

Adonis blue

Adonis blue

Chalkhill Blue butterfly

Chalkhill blue

Heath Fritillary butterfly

Heath fritillary

Black hairstreak butterfly

Black hairstreak

Small heath

Small heath

Ringlet

Ringlet

Meadow Brown

Meadow brown

Gatekeeper

Gatekeeper

Grayling

Grayling

Marbled White

Marbled white

Wall Brown

Wall brown

Speckled Wood

Speckled wood

Silver-washed Fritillary

Silver-washed fritillary

Dark green fritillary

Dark green fritillary

Comma butterfly

Comma

Peacock butterfly

Peacock

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly

Small tortoiseshell

Painted Lady butterfly

Painted lady

Red Admiral butterfly

Red admiral

Purple emperor

Purple emperor

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