Lepidigi
Butterflies of Europe and the Tropics
A short visit to Great Orme's Head, the Clwyd Valley, and Anglesey in North Wales with David Dennis, 24 - 27 June 2014

A strong and distictive colony of the Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus) can be found here in North Wales

Roosting Silver-studded Blues on Great Orme, near Llandudno, North Wales, 6pm on 24 June

Silver-studded Blue, female, 24 June, and the next four photos





Silver-studded Blue, male, 24 June, and the next three photos




Mating pair of Silver-studded Blues, Great Orme, 25 June

Silver-studded Blues roosting on orchid, Great Orme, 25 June

Small Skipper, Great Orme, 24 June

Cistus Forester, Great Orme, 25 June

Grayling, warming up on Great Orme, 25 June

Another Grayling, also warming up on 25 June

Small Heath, Great Orme, 25 June

Dark-red Helleborine, crevice plant, Great Orme, 25 June

Dark-red Helleborine close-up

Ringlet, Newborough Warren, Anglesey, North Wales, 26 June, and the next two shots



Ringlet on Great Orme, 24 June

in the Clwyd Valley, 25 June

Large heath, Nebo Bog, 25 June, and other examples in the following three photos




Dark Green Fritillary, male, Newborough Warren, Anglesey, 26 June

Dark Green Fritillary, female, either slightly damaged wings or recently emerged, also at Newborough Warren

Dark Green Fritillary, underside, 26 June

Silver-studded Blue, female, Prees Heath, Shropshire, on the way back home 27 June

Silver-studded Blue, male, also at Prees Heath
