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Common Butterflies -
This page shows the commonest butterflies recorded in Yorkshire in May. 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 napi
Green-
Pocket Guide: P40
Anthocharis cardamines
Orange-
Pocket Guide: P42
Callophrys rubi
Green Hairstreak
Pocket Guide: P44
Pieris rapae
Small White
Pocket Guide: P38
Aglais urticae
Small Tortoiseshell
Pocket Guide: P84
Inachis io
Peacock
Pocket Guide: P86
Pieris brassicae
Large White
Pocket Guide: P36
Polyommatus icarus
Common Blue
Pocket Guide: P64
Pararge aegeria
Speckled Wood
Pocket Guide: P106
Erynnis tages
Dingy Skipper
Pocket Guide: P24
Lasiommata megera
Wall Brown
Pocket Guide: P108
Celastrina argiolus
Holly Blue
Pocket Guide: P70
Coenonympha pamphilus
Small Heath
Pocket Guide: P124
Gonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone
Pocket Guide: P34
Vanessa atalanta
Red Admiral
Pocket Guide: P80
Lycaena phlaeas
Small Copper
Pocket Guide: P54
Polygonia c-
Comma
Pocket Guide: P88
Vanessa cardui
Painted Lady
Pocket Guide: P82
Plebeius agestis
Brown Argus
Pocket Guide: P60
Ochlodes sylvanus
Large Skipper
Pocket Guide: P22