Butterflies - 2021 (56 of the 59)

Of the  59  species of butterflies, I missed out on only 8 species in 2020, having travelled no further north than Croydon !

– So over time, my quest is to see and photograph those I missed.

- a visit to Norfolk in June '21 proved productive for the first one. The beautiful Swallowtail - Papilio machaon ssp. britannicus. The UK sub-species.

- Then came a visit to Cumbria in July '21 (20th-24th) - which came out trumps for 4 more species. High Brown Fritillary (Arnside Knot), Large Heath (Meathop Moss), Northern Brown Argus (Latterbarrow and Smardale), Scotch Argus (newly emerged 23rd July) (Smardale)

So I have now seen and photographed  56 of the 59  species of butterflies of the UK and now have to wait until next year 2022 for the remaining 3 species !


52. Swallowtail - Papilio machaon ssp. britannicus
53. Large Heath        (Northern Species - Scotland, Cumbria, North West, Wales, Ireland)
54. Scotch Argus         (Scotland and Cumbria)
55. High Brown Fritillary      (Dartmoor, Devon and Cumbria)
56. Northern Brown Argus (Northern England and Scotland)

 

 

Butterflies yet to be found and hopefully photographed to be able to reach my 59 target !

57. Mountain Ringlet        (Scotland and Cumbria)
58. Chequered Skipper    (Fort William area - Scotland / Possibly Rockingham Forest, Northampton - reintrodction project from Belgium populations)
59. Cryptic Wood White   Ireland (County Armagh, Norther Ireland)

Including the above - all seen 56 "UK" species ( My 3 photos of each species )

- plus incidentals such as Long-tailed Blue

1. Dingy Skipper
2. Grizzled Skipper
3. Essex Skipper
4. Small Skipper
5. Lulworth Skipper
6. Silver-spotted Skipper
7. Large Skipper
8. Wood White
9. Orange-tip
10. Large White
11. Small White
12. Green-veined White
13. Clouded Yellow
14. Brimstone
15. Wall
16. Speckled Wood
17. Small Heath
18. Ringlet
19. Meadow Brown
20. Gatekeeper
21. Marbled White
22. Grayling
23. Pearl-bordered Fritillary
24. Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
25. Silver-washed Fritillary
26. Dark Green Fritillary
27. White Admiral
28. Purple Emperor
29. Red Admiral
30. Painted Lady
31. Peacock
32. Small Tortoiseshell
33. Comma
34. Marsh Fritillary
35. Glanville Fritillary
36. Heath Fritillary
37. Duke of Burgundy
38. Small Copper (1st and 2nd pictures are an aberration ab.caeruleopunctata (row of blue dots). (There are 140  named aberrations known to occur in Britain)
39. Brown Hairstreak
40. Purple Hairstreak
41. Green Hairstreak
42. White-letter Hairstreak
43. Black Hairstreak
44. Small Blue
45. Holly Blue
46. Large Blue
47. Silver-studded Blue
48. Brown Argus
49. Common Blue
50. Adonis Blue
51. Chalk hill Blue
57. Long-tailed Blue         (Uncertain migrant from the Mediterranean (not included in 59) and now regularly found on the South Coast - 2015 and 2019 were good years)
laying eggs