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Species

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Butterflies

Duke of Burgundy

A Scotch argus butterfly resting on a leaf, its brown wings open showing the orange patches and black-bordered white spots

Scotch argus

A wood white butterfly resting on a plant, with its distinctive oval wings closed

Wood white

Large heath butterfly

Large heath

High brown fritillary

High brown fritillary

Marsh fritillary

Marsh fritillary

Glanville fritillary

Glanville fritillary

Orange-tip Butterfly

Orange-tip

Marbled White

Marbled white

Speckled Wood

Speckled wood

Holly Blue butterfly

Holly blue

Silver-washed Fritillary

Silver-washed fritillary

Heath Fritillary butterfly

Heath fritillary

Dark green fritillary

Dark green fritillary

Brimstone Butterfly

Brimstone

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly

Small tortoiseshell

Brown Argus

Brown argus

Green-veined White

Green-veined white

Ringlet

Ringlet

White admiral

White admiral

Comma butterfly

Comma

Large White butterfly

Large white

Purple Hairstreak butterfly

Purple hairstreak

Clouded Yellow Butterfly

Clouded yellow

Wall Brown

Wall brown

Black hairstreak butterfly

Black hairstreak

Common Blue butterfly male

Common blue

White-letter hairstreak butterfly

White-letter hairstreak

Swallowtail Butterfly

Swallowtail

Purple emperor

Purple emperor

Pearl-bordered Fritillary underwing

Pearl-bordered fritillary

Large Skipper

Large skipper

Adonis blue

Adonis blue

green hairstreak

Green hairstreak

Brown hairstreak butterfly

Brown hairstreak

Grayling

Grayling

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