Species list

Species pages updated with 2009 photos are highlighted yellow (site update in progress).

There are enlarged versions of all photos taken in 2006-9. To see the enlarged version, just click on the smaller, grid photo (or simply scroll down), and scroll back up to return. A few photos from 2005 and earlier have only been included if there were no better photos available. 

Species for which there are no pages (as yet) are shown in grey text.

 

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Lycaenidae - Blues Satyridae - Ringlets, Heaths, Browns
Lycaenidae - Coppers Nymphalidae - Fritillaries
Lycaenidae - Hairstreaks Hesperiidae - Skippers
Nymphalidae - "aristocrats", Libytheidae, Riodinidae Pieridae, Papilionidae

 

Agriades Gavarnie Blue (Agriades pyrenaicus)
Agriades Glandon Blue (Agriades glandon)
Agrodiaetus Damon Blue (Agrodiaetus damon)
Agrodiaetus Furry Blue (Agrodiaetus dolus)
Agrodiaetus Ripart's Anomolous Blue (Agrodiaetus ripartii)
Albulina Alpine Blue (Albulina orbitulus)
Aricia Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) - same page as artaxerxes
Aricia Mountain Argus (Aricia artaxerxes) - same page as agestis
Cacyreus Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli)
Celastrina Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
Cupido Small (or Little) Blue (Cupido minimus) - same page as osiris
Cupido Osiris Blue (Cupido osiris) - same page as minimus
Cyaniris Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus)
Eumedonia Geranium Argus (Eumedonia eumedon)
Everes Provencal Short-tailed Blue (Everes alcetas) - same page as argiades
Everes Short-tailed Blue (Everes argiades) - same page as alcetas
Glaucopsyche Green-underside Blue (Glaucopsyche alexis) - same page as melanops
Glaucopsyche Black-eyed Blue (Glaucopsyche melanops) - same page as alexis
Iolana Iolas Blue (Iolana iolas)
Lampides Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)
Leptotes Lang's Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous)
Lysandra Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus)
Lysandra Chalk-hill Blue (Lysandra coridon) - same page as hispana
Lysandra Provence Chalk-hill Blue (Lysandra hispana) - same page as coridon
Maculinea Alcon Blue (Maculinea alcon) - same page as rebeli
Maculinea Large Blue (Maculinea arion)
Maculinea Dusky Large Blue (Maculinea nausithous)
Maculinea Mountain Alcon Blue (Maculinea rebeli) - same page as alcon
Maculinea Scarce Large Blue (Maculinea telejus)
Meleageria Meleager's Blue (Meleageria daphnis)
Plebejus Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)
Plebejus Reverdin's Blue (Plebejus argyrognomon)
Plebejus Idas Blue (Plebejus idas)
Plebejus Cranberry Blue (Plebejus optilete)
Plebejus Zephyr Blue (Plebejus pylaon)
Polyommatus Amanda's Blue (Polyommatus amandus)
Polyommatus Turquoise Blue (Polyommatus dorylas)
Polyommatus Eros Blue (Polyommatus eros)
Polyommatus Escher's Blue (Polyommatus escheri)
Polyommatus Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Polyommatus Chapman's Blue (Polyommatus thersites)
Pseudoaricia Silvery Argus (Pseudoaricia nicias)
Pseudophilotes Baton Blue (Pseudophilotes baton)
Scolitantides Chequered Blue (Scolitantides orion)
Aphantopus Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
Arethusana False Grayling (Arethusana arethusa)
Brintesia Great Banded Grayling (Brintesia circe)
Chazara Hermit (Chazara briseis)
Coenonympha Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania)
Coenonympha Dusky Heath (Coenonympha dorus)
Coenonympha Darwins Heath (Coenonympha darwiniana) - same page as gardetta
Coenonympha Alpine Heath (Coenonympha gardetta)
Coenonympha Chestnut Heath (Coenonympha glycerion)
Coenonympha Scarce Heath (Coenonympha hero)
Coenonympha False Ringlet (Coenonympha oedippus)
Coenonympha Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
Coenonympha Large Heath (Coenonympha tullia)
Erebia False Mnestra Ringlet (Erebia aethiopella)
Erebia Scotch Argus (Erebia aethiops)
Erebia Almond-eyed Ringlet (Erebia alberganus)
Erebia Common Brassy Ringlet (Erebia cassioides)
Erebia Mountain Ringlet (Erebia epiphron)
Erebia Spring Ringlet (Erebia epistygne)
Erebia Eriphyle Ringlet (Erebia eriphyle)
Erebia Large Ringlet (Erebia euryale)
Erebia Silky Ringlet (Erebia gorge)
Erebia Gavarnie Ringlet (Erebia gorgone)
Erebia Lefebvre's Ringlet (Erebia lefebvrei)
Erebia Arran Brown (Erebia ligea)
Erebia Yellow-spotted Ringlet (Erebia manto)
Erebia Woodland Ringlet (Erebia medusa)
Erebia Lesser Mountain Ringlet (Erebia melampus)
Erebia Piedmont Ringlet (Erebia meolans)
Erebia Mnestra's Ringlet (Erebia mnestra)
Erebia Marbled Ringlet (Erebia montana)
Erebia Autumn Ringlet (Erebia neoridas)
Erebia Bright-eyed Ringlet (Erebia oeme)
Erebia Ottoman Brassy Ringlet (Erebia ottomana)
Erebia Dewy Ringlet (Erebia pandrose)
Erebia Blind Ringlet (Erebia pharte)
Erebia Sooty Ringlet (Erebia pluto)
Erebia Water Ringlet (Erebia pronoe)
Erebia Pyrenees Brassy Ringlet (Erebia rondoui)
Erebia Larche Ringlet (Erebia scipio)
Erebia False Dewy Ringlet (Erebia sthennyo)
Erebia Sudeten Ringlet (Erebia sudetica)
Erebia de Prunner's Ringlet (Erebia triaria)
Erebia Swiss Brassy Ringlet (Erebia tyndarus)
Hipparchia Rock Grayling (Hipparchia alcyone) - same page as fagi
Hipparchia Woodland Grayling (Hipparchia fagi) - same page as alcyone
Hipparchia Striped Grayling (Hipparchia fidia)
Hipparchia Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
Hipparchia Tree Grayling (Hipparchia statilinus)
Hyponephele Oriental Meadow Brown (Hyponephele lupina)
Hyponephele Dusky Meadow Brown (Hyponephele lycaon)
Lasiommata Large Wall (Lasiommata maera) - same page as megera
Lasiommata Wall (Lasiommata megera) - same page as maera
Lasiommata Northern Wall (Lasiommata petropolitana)
Lopinga Woodland Brown (Lopinga achine)
Maniola Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
Melanargia Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)
Melanargia Iberian Marbled White (Melanargia lachesis)
Melanargia Western Marbled White (Melanargia occitanica)
Melanargia Esper's Marbled White (Melanargia russiae)
Minois Dryad (Minois dryas)
Oeneis Alpine Grayling (Oeneis glacialis)
Pararge Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
Pyronia Spanish Gatekeeper (Pyronia bathseba)
Pyronia Southern Gatekeeper (Pyronia cecilia) - same page as tithonus
Pyronia Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) - same page as cecilia
Satyrus Black Satyr (Satyrus actaea) - same page as ferula
Satyrus Great Sooty Satyr (Satyrus ferula) - same page as actaea
Lycaena Purple-shot Copper (Lycaena alciphron)
Lycaena Large Copper (Lycaena dispar)
Lycaena Violet Copper (Lycaena helle)
Lycaena Purple-edged Copper (Lycaena hippothoe)
Lycaena Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
Lycaena Sooty Copper (Lycaena tityrus)
Lycaena Scarce Copper (Lycaena virgaureae)
Argynnis High Brown Fritillary (Argynnis adippe)
Argynnis Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja)
Argynnis Niobe Fritillary (Argynnis niobe)
Argynnis Cardinal (Argynnis pandora)
Argynnis Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
Boloria Cranberry Fritillary (Boloria aquilonaris)
Boloria Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia)
Boloria Bog Fritillary (Boloria eunomia)
Boloria Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne) - same page as selene
Boloria Balkan Fritillary (Boloria graeca) - same page as napaea and pales
Boloria Mountain Fritillary (Boloria napaea) - same page as graeca and pales
Boloria Shepherd's Fritillary (Boloria pales) - same page as napaea and graeca
Boloria Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene) - same page as euphrosyne
Boloria Titania's Fritillary (Boloria titania)
Brenthis Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis daphne) - same page as ino
Brenthis Twin-spot Fritillary (Brenthis hecate)
Brenthis Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis ino) - same page as daphne
Euphydryas Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)
Euphydryas Cynthia's Fritillary (Euphydryas cynthia)
Euphydryas Spanish Fritillary (Euphydryas desfontainii)
Euphydryas Asian Fritillary (Euphydryas intermedia)
Euphydryas Scarce Fritillary (Euphydryas maturna)
Issoria Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
Melitaea Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia)
Melitaea False Heath Fritillary (Melitaea diamina)
Melitaea Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma)
Melitaea Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea phoebe)
Mellicta Heath Fritillary (Mellicta athalia)
Mellicta Nickerl's Fritillary (Mellicta aurelia)
Mellicta Provencal Fritillary (Mellicta dejone)
Mellicta Meadow Fritillary (Mellicta parthenoides)
Mellicta Grisons Fritillary (Mellicta varia)
Callophrys Chapman's Green Hairstreak (Callophrys avis) - same page as rubi
Callophrys Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) - same page as avis
Laeosopis Spanish Purple Hairstreak (Laeosopis evippus)
Neozephyrus Purple Hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus)
Satyrium Sloe Hairstreak (Satyrium acaciae)
Satyrium False ilex Hairstreak (Satyrium esculi) - same page as ilicis
Satyrium Ilex Hairstreak (Satyrium ilicis) - same page as esculi
Satyrium Black Hairstreak (Satyrium pruni)
Satyrium Blue-spot Hairstreak (Satyrium spini)
Satyrium White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)
Thecla Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae)
Tomares Provence Hairstreak (Tomares ballus)
Carcharodus Mallow Skipper (Carcharodus alceae)
Carcharodus Southern Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus boeticus)
Carcharodus Tufted Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus flocciferus) - same page as lavatherae
Carcharodus Marbled Skipper (Carcharodus lavatherae) - same page as flocciferus
Carterocephalus Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon)
Heteropterus Large Chequered Skipper (Heteropterus morpheus)
Erynnis Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)
Gegenes Pigmy Skipper (Gegenes pumilio)
Hesperia Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma)
Ochlodes Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
Pyrgus Large Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus alveus) - generic Pyrgus page
Pyrgus Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus armoricanus) - generic Pyrgus page
Pyrgus Alpine Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus andromedae) - generic Pyrgus page
Pyrgus Dusky Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus cacaliae) - generic Pyrgus page
Pyrgus Carline Skipper (Pyrgus carlinae) - generic Pyrgus page
Pyrgus Safflower Skipper (Pyrgus carthami)
Pyrgus Cinquefoil Skipper (Pyrgus cirsii) - generic Pyrgus page
Pyrgus Foulquier's Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus foulquieri)
Pyrgus Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae)
Pyrgus Rosy Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus onopordi) - generic Pyrgus page
Pyrgus Olive Skipper (Pyrgus serratulae) - generic Pyrgus page
Pyrgus Yellow-banded Skipper (Pyrgus sidae)
Pyrgus Warren's Skipper (Pyrgus warrenensis)
Spialia Red Underwing Skipper (Spialia sertorius)
Syrichtus Sage Skipper (Syrichtus proto)
Thymelicus Lulworth Skipper (Thymelicus acteon)
Thymelicus Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineolus) - same page as sylvestris
Thymelicus Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) - same page as lineolus
Hamearis Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina)
Libythea Nettle-tree Butterfly (Libythea celtis)
Aglais Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
Apatura Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia)
Apatura Purple Emperor (Apatura iris)
Araschnia Map (Araschnia levana)
Charaxes Two-tailed Pasha (Charaxes jasius)
Danaus Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus)
Inachis Peacock (Inachis io)
Limenitis White Admiral (Limenitis camilla)
Limenitis Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi)
Limenitis Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta)
Nymphalis Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
Nymphalis Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros)
Polygonia Comma (Polygonia c-album)
Polygonia Southern Comma (Polygonia egea)
Vanessa Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Vanessa Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Iphiclides Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)
Papilio Southern Swallowtail (Papilio alexanor)
Papilio Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
Parnassius Apollo (Parnassius apollo)
Parnassius Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne)
Parnassius Small Apollo (Parnassius phoebus)
Zerynthia Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena)
Zerynthia Spanish Festoon (Zerynthia rumina)
Anthocharis Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
Anthocharis Provence Orange tip (Anthocharis euphenoides)
Aporia Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi)
Colias Bergers Clouded Yellow (Colias alfacariensis) - same page as hyale
Colias Clouded Yellow (Colias crocea)
Colias Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias hyale) - same page as alfacariensis
Colias Moorland Clouded Yellow (Colias palaeno)
Colias Mountain Clouded Yellow (Colias phicomone)
Euchloe Dappled White (Euchloe crameri)
Euchloe Mountain Dappled White (Euchloe simplonia)
Euchloe Portuguese Dappled White (Euchloe tagis)
Gonepteryx Cleopatra (Gonepteryx cleopatra)
Gonepteryx Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
Leptidea Eastern Wood White (Leptidea duponcheli) - same page as sinapis
Leptidea Wood White (Leptidea sinapis) - same page as duponcheli
Pieris Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Pieris Mountain Green-veined White (Pieris bryoniae) - same page as napi
Pieris Mountain Small White (Pieris ergane)
Pieris Southern Small White (Pieris mannii)
Pieris Green-veined White (Pieris napi) - same page as bryoniae
Pieris Small White (Pieris rapae)
Pontia Peak White (Pontia callidice)
Pontia Bath White (Pontia daplidice)