Links Page
Tim Cowles
Tim lives near Lyon and has built up a very extensive knowledge of butterflies in this region, in a relatively short space of time. He has helped me identify (or, more accurately, corrected my errors on) several species, using this knowledge of characteristics and butterfly behaviour that rarely appears in books. He has an excellent site with lots of interesting photos. Also an excellent diary which is updated on an almost daily basis throughout the spring and summer. His species list (principally France) totals 110-140 every year.
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/felixthecatalog.tim/
Guy Padfield
Guy lives in western Switzerland and has an excellent site which has been running for several years. As Guy lives in a superb area for butterflies, especially the localised mountain species, it is no surprise that his "tick list" is regularly over 150 species, mostly with photos. Also an excellent diary which is updated on an almost daily basis throughout the spring and summer. His species list (principally Switzerland) totals 150+ every year.
Matt Rowlings
Matt also lives in western Switzerland seems to travel very widely judging from the photos on his superb site. The site features some superb European rarities (where else are you going to see an Agenjo's anomalous blue?) with exceptional photos and authoritative commentary. His species list (for Europe) totals 200-250 every year.
http://www.eurobutterflies.com/
Peter Eeles UK Butterflies website
A comprehensive site covering all UK resident and migrant species. Excellent forums with much lively debate on all aspects of UK (and some European) butterflies.
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk
Butterfly Conservation HQ
http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/
Butterfly Conservation - Herts & Middlesex branch site
Includes a Photo House and a diary of sightings in Herts and Middlesex.
http://www.hertsmiddx-butterflies.org.uk/
Butterfly Conservation - European Interests Group (EIG)
The site of the recently-formed and highly proactive EIG. The EIG aims to promote the enjoyment, conservation and study of butterflies, moths and their habitats in Europe.
Bernard Fransen
Bernard is based in the Netherlands but also seems to travel very widely based on the photos. An interesting site even though it only has a limited number of "highlights" from each year, which is a pity because the photos are exceptional.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~fransenb/EuropeanButterflies/
Peter Groenendijk
Another excellent site from the Netherlands, with many superb photos from across Europe. I have seen Peter in action in France, taking over an hour to get one shot, and the quality of the result shows the effort was worthwhile.
http://www.anythingbutcommon.nl/
Leps.it
A comprehensive reference site for European butterflies and moths with it's origins in Italy but many excellent contributions.
Ariege butterflies
Graham Hart's diary of butterflies and flowers in the Ariege district of the French Pyrenees. No photos, but well worth reading.
http://www.ariege.com/wildlife-report/
Moulismes Nature
A site with excellent nature photographs, including butterflies and insects, of the area around Moulismes, Vienne in central-western France.
European Butterflies and Moths
A detailed site by Chris Jonko. An excellent aid to identification, with photos of pinned specimens and numerous shots of each species in the wild.
Diginature
Another excellent butterfly site from the Netherlands by Johannes van Donge.
Les Papillons du Gard
A site (in French) detailing the wildlife of the Gard region of south-central France. The link is to the butterfly pages. Click on "dans les pages qui suivent".
www.naturedugard.org/papillons/cadrPapillons.htm
Butterflies and Moths of North America
A comprehensive and well structured site. I found it fascinating to compare the North American species with their European counterparts.
Lepidoptera Photography, Norway
A comprehensive site on the butterflies of Norway by Odd Ketil Saeboe. Very interesting to compare the variation of those species that only occur in Scandinavia and the Alps.
http://home.smartcall.no/holm314/photo/Home.html
Leps 24 - The Lepidoptera of the Dordogne
A database of Lepidoptera occurring in the Dordogne département, by Wayne Fennell.
www.leps24.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/lang,english
Butterflies of Serbia
192 Serbian butterflies listed, with photos of most, by Milan Djuric.
http://leptiri.beograd.com/index.htm