Common Butterflies - August

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Common Butterflies - August

This page shows the commonest butterflies recorded in Yorkshire in August. The photos are not intended to be used for identification purposes, but may be helpful in deciding where to start looking in your favourite butterfly book (eg 'Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland' by Lewington). Click on any of the photos below to see larger versions. You will probably want to take a look at the Butterfly Conservation website and also the Yorkshire branch of Butterfly Conservation (see the 'Galleries' section) for photos of butterflies which are not shown here (and more photos of the ones which are).

If you have better photos of any of the butterflies on this page, and are happy for them to be used here, then please email them to info@scarboroughwildlife.org.uk . Remember that photos should show the main features used in identifying the butterfly and be of a 'standard' specimen rather than an unusual form.

Pieris rapae

Small White

Pocket Guide: P38

Distribution map

Inachis io

Peacock

Pocket Guide: P86

Distribution map

Pieris brassicae

Large White

Pocket Guide: P36

Distribution map

Pyronia tithonus

Gatekeeper

Pocket Guide: P118

Distribution map

Vanessa cardui

Painted Lady

Pocket Guide: P82

Distribution map

Maniola jurtina

Meadow Brown

Pocket Guide: P120

Distribution map

Aglais urticae

Small Tortoiseshell

Pocket Guide: P84

Distribution map

Pieris napi

Green-veined White

Pocket Guide: P40

Distribution map

Polyommatus icarus

Common Blue

Pocket Guide: P64

Distribution map

Pararge aegeria

Speckled Wood

Pocket Guide: P106

Distribution map

Lasiommata megera

Wall Brown

Pocket Guide: P108

Distribution map

Vanessa atalanta

Red Admiral

Pocket Guide: P80

Distribution map

Thymelicus sylvestris

Small Skipper

Pocket Guide: P14

Distribution map

Coenonympha pamphilus

Small Heath

Pocket Guide: P124

Distribution map

Lycaena phlaeas

Small Copper

Pocket Guide: P54

Distribution map

Polygonia c-album

Comma

Pocket Guide: P88

Distribution map

Celastrina argiolus

Holly Blue

Pocket Guide: P70

Distribution map

Aphantopus hyperantus

Ringlet

Pocket Guide: P122

Distribution map

Neozephyrus quercus

Purple Hairstreak

Pocket Guide: P48

Distribution map

Plebeius agestis

Brown Argus

Pocket Guide: P60

Distribution map

Gonepteryx rhamni

Brimstone

Pocket Guide: P34

Distribution map

Melanargia galathea

Marbled White

Pocket Guide: P114

Distribution map

Argynnis aglaja

Dark Green Fritillary

Pocket Guide: P96

Distribution map

Satyrium w-album

White-letter Hairstreak

Pocket Guide: P50

Distribution map

Ochlodes sylvanus

Large Skipper

Pocket Guide: P22

Distribution map

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