This beautiful orange and brown butterfly is now a rare sight in the UK

This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.

This large green moth rests with its wings spread, so is sometimes mistaken for a butterfly.

This beautiful butterfly is one of our rarest, now mostly restricted to the western parts of the UK.

This small orange-brown butterfly can be tricky to tell apart from the similar small skipper.

As the name suggests, this beautiful brown butterfly is most common in Scotland, though it can also be seen in northern England.

Considered Britain's most threatened butterfly, the high brown fritillary can be only be found in a few areas of England and Wales.

This dainty white butterfly is now only found in a few parts of Britain, where it flutters slowly through woodland clearings.

The moth-like dingy skipper is a small, grey-brown butterfly of open, sunny habitats like chalk grassland, sand dunes, heathland and waste ground.

A well-travelled migrant, the painted lady arrives here every summer from Europe and Africa. This beautiful orange-and-black butterfly regularly visits gardens.