Lepidigi
Butterflies of Europe and the Tropics
UK BUTTERFLIES
UK BUTTERFLIES

Swallowtail, Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, 11 June 2018 (and next two photos also)



Large White, second brood female, Gubblecote, 31 July 2018

Large White, second brood female, Gubblecote, 31 July 2018

Large White larva feeding on Hedge Mustard, Gubblecote, 6 August 2020

Small White, male, Gubblecote, near Tring, Hertfordshire, 8 May 2012

Green-veined White, Gubblecote meadow, 4 September 2020

Green-veined White, Finemere Wood, near Quainton, Buckinghamshire, 22 July 2013

Green-veined Whites, Gubblecote, Tring, Herts,18 July 2010

Green-veined White, Gubblecote, Tring, Herts, 14 May 2009

Green-veined White, hatched from the pupa illustrated in next photo, Gubblecote, 4 September 2020

Green-veined White pupa, Gubblecote, 2 September 2020

Orange-tip, male, Gubblecote, 16 April 2023

Orange-tip, male, Great Comberton, Worcestershire, 18 April 2017

Orange-tip, Gubblecote, near Tring, Hertfordshire, 23 April 2017

Orange-tip, male, Gubblecote, Tring, Herts, 30 April 2012

Orange-tip, male, Gubblecote, Tring, Herts, 4 May 2014

Orange-tip, male, at rest on Jack-by-the-hedge, larval hostplant, Gubblecote, Tring, Herts, 19 May 2013

Orange-tip, male, Gubblecote, 25 April 2019

Orange-tip, female, nectaring on Sweet Rocket, Gubblecote, Tring, Herts, 27 May 2010

Orange-tip, female, Gubblecote, 24 April 2019

Orange-tips, Gubblecote, 24 April 2019

Orange-tip pupa, the 'usual' buff-coloured form at Gubblecote, 27 June 2020

green form of the Orange-tip pupa

Brimstone, female, Gubblecote, Tring, Herts, 4 May 2014

Brimstone, female, nectaring on bramble blossom along the Roman Road at Otmoor in Oxfordshire, 12 August 2016

Brimstone, female, Bernwood Forest, Bucks, 17 July 2020

Brimstone, male, Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, 10 September 2015

Wood Whites, courting, Hazelborough Wood, Silverstone, Northamptonshire, 26 June 2015

Purple Hairstreak, female, Finemere Wood, near Quainton, Buckinghamshire, 22 July 2013. Several individuals caught the early morning sunshine but had all moved much higher into the canopy by 9.30am

Purple Hairstreak, Finemere Wood, 22 July 2013

Brown Hairstreak, female, pausing for a moment on convolvulous edging the Roman Road on Otmoor, Oxfordshire, 12 July 2016. Only 2 or 3 individuals were seen of this elusive species, preferring to fly high amongst ash and oak trees

White-letter Hairstreak, Ryton Wood, near Coventry, Warwickshire, 8 July 2010

Black Hairstreak, Finemere Wood, Buckinghamshire, 17 June 2010

Black Hairstreak, Whitecross Green Wood, Oxfordshire, 7 June 2018

Black Hairstreak, Whitecross Green Wood, Oxfordshire, 7 June 2018

Black Hairstreak, sitting at canopy level (as usual) at Whitecross Green Wood, Oxfordshire, 7 June 2018

Green Hairstreak, Incombe Hole, Ivinghoe Beacon, Bucks, 23 April 2020

Green Hairstreak, Steps Hill, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, 11 May 2015

Green Hairstreak, Steps Hill, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, 13 May 2011

Green Hairstreak, Bingley Moor (part of Rombald's Moor), West Yorkshire, 25 May 2013

Green Hairstreak, nectaring on blackthorn blossom, Steps Hill, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, 5 May 2016

Green Hairstreaks, Steps Hill, Ivinghoe Beacon, Bucks, 17 April 2019

Small Copper, meadow at Gubblecote Farm, 1 October 2021

Small Coppers, Glasdrum Forest, Appin Peninsular, Argyll, Scotland, 31 May 2011

Small Copper, Gait Barrow, Arnside, Cumbria, 30 July 2007

Small Copper, Gait Barrow, Arnside, Cumbria, 30 July 2007

Small Blue, first sighting (for me) at Incombe Hole, Steps Hill, Ivinghoe, 3 June 2021

Small Blue, Pitstone old quarry, Bucks, 24 April 2020