Butterflies – British Wildlife Photography

Peacock Butterfly Aglais Io Eyespots Open Wings Blackthorn Blossom Spring

Red Admiral Butterfly Vanessa Atalanta Wings Raised Dark Orange Bands White Spots Green Leaf

Painted Lady

Painted wings on thistle Traveller from Africa stops A thousand miles told

Common Blue

Lavender blue spread Grass holds the small male open Sky fallen to earth

Brimstone

Sulphur on the purple First flight of the warming year Butter that named them

Comma Butterfly Polygonia C Album Vivid Orange Yellow Wings Dark Spots Scalloped Edges Basking Weathered Wood

Orange Tip

Orange tip blazes Male marks his spring territory White wings, fire-edged

Marbled White Butterfly Melanargia Galathea Black White Chequered Wings Spread Pink Grass Seedhead

Gatekeeper

Twin eyespots watch back Orange wings on white flowers Keeper of the gate

Dark Green Fritillary Wings Open Knapweed

Meadow Brown Butterfly Brown Orange Eyespot Forewing Perched Pink Heather

Holly Blue Underside Pink Knapweed

Green-veined White

Green veins on white wings Purple flower holds the brief pause Chalk-white, vein-mapped flight

Brown Argus

Orange crescent spots Brown wings spread on the mossy rock Small gem of the downland

Brimstone on Grass

Lime wings grip dry grass Angular form on pale stem Leaf-shape remembered

Green-veined White Face-on

Face-on to the lens Proboscis curled to the bloom White wings, green-lined nerves

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