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Peacock by Jim AsherAdapted and abridged from the Millennium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain & Ireland (Oxford University Press 2001).

Written by Martin Warren, Richard Fox, Gail Jeffcoate, Jim Asher and Stephen Jeffcoate. © Butterfly Conservation/Centre for Ecology and Hydrology 2001.

 

A

Adonis Blue (Male)
Adonis Blue (Female)

B

Black Hairstreak
Brimstone
Brimstone (Female)
Brown Argus
Brown Hairstreak

C

Chalkhill Blue (Male)
Chalkhill Blue (Female)
Chequered Skipper
Clouded Yellow
Comma
Common Blue (Male)
Common Blue (Female)

D

Dark Green Fritillary
Dingy Skipper
Duke of Burgundy

E

Essex Skipper

G

Gatekeeper
Glanville Fritillary
Grayling
Green Hairstreak
Green-veined White
Grizzled Skipper

H

Heath Fritillary
High Brown Fritillary
Holly Blue

L

Large Blue
Large Heath
Large Skipper
Large Tortoiseshell
Large White
Lulworth Skipper

M

Marbled White
Marsh Fritillary
Meadow Brown
Mountain Ringlet

N

Northern Brown Argus

O

Orange-tip (Male)
Orange-tip (Female)

P

Painted Lady
Peacock
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Purple Emperor (Female)
Purple Emperor
Purple Hairstreak

R

Real's Wood White
Red Admiral
Ringlet

S

Scotch Argus
Silver-spotted Skipper
Silver-studded Blue (Female)
Silver-studded Blue (Male)
Silver-washed Fritillary
Small Blue
Small Copper
Small Heath
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Small Skipper
Small Tortoiseshell
Small White
Speckled Wood
Swallowtail

W

Wall
White Admiral
White-letter Hairstreak
Wood White
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