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