Scarborough Field Naturalists’ Society
With
Scarborough Wildlife
Common Butterflies -
This page shows the commonest butterflies recorded in Yorkshire in September. 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.
Vanessa atalanta
Red Admiral
Pocket Guide: P80
Pararge aegeria
Speckled Wood
Pocket Guide: P106
Pieris rapae
Small White
Pocket Guide: P38
Aglais urticae
Small Tortoiseshell
Pocket Guide: P84
Pieris brassicae
Large White
Pocket Guide: P36
Vanessa cardui
Painted Lady
Pocket Guide: P82
Polygonia c-
Comma
Pocket Guide: P88
Inachis io
Peacock
Pocket Guide: P86
Pieris napi
Green-
Pocket Guide: P40
Polyommatus icarus
Common Blue
Pocket Guide: P64
Lycaena phlaeas
Small Copper
Pocket Guide: P54
Lasiommata megera
Wall Brown
Pocket Guide: P108
Coenonympha pamphilus
Small Heath
Pocket Guide: P124
Plebeius agestis
Brown Argus
Pocket Guide: P60
Maniola jurtina
Meadow Brown
Pocket Guide: P120
Celastrina argiolus
Holly Blue
Pocket Guide: P70
Gonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone
Pocket Guide: P34
Pyronia tithonus
Gatekeeper
Pocket Guide: P118
Thymelicus sylvestris
Small Skipper
Pocket Guide: P14
Neozephyrus quercus
Purple Hairstreak
Pocket Guide: P48