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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

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

Chalkhill Blue butterfly

Chalkhill blue

Small Skipper

Small skipper

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly

Small pearl-bordered fritillary

Gatekeeper

Gatekeeper

Large Blue butterfly

Large blue

Small heath

Small heath

Grizzled skipper

Grizzled skipper

Silver-studded Blue butterfly

Silver-studded blue

Red Admiral butterfly

Red admiral

Small White butterfly

Small white

Dingy Skipper butterfly

Dingy skipper

Painted Lady butterfly

Painted lady

Small Copper butterfly

Small copper

Small Blue butterfly

Small blue

Meadow Brown

Meadow brown

Peacock butterfly

Peacock

Marbled White

Marbled white

Speckled Wood

Speckled wood

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