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    Identify a butterfly

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    • Adonis Blue (male/upperwing) by Peter Eeles

      Adonis Blue

      Polyommatus bellargus
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      Black Hairstreak

      Satyrium pruni
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      Brimstone

      Gonepteryx rhamni
    • Brown Argus (male/upperwing) - Bob Eade

      Brown Argus

      Aricia agestis
    • Brown Hairstreak (female/upperwing) - Iain Leach

      Brown Hairstreak

      Thecla betulae
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      Chalk Hill Blue

      Polyommatus coridon
    • Chequered Skipper (male) - Bob Eade

      Chequered Skipper

      Carterocephalus palaemon
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      Clouded Yellow

      Colias croceus
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      Comma

      Polygonia c-album
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      Common Blue

      Polyommatus icarus
    • Cryptic Wood White - Andrew Cooper

      Cryptic Wood White

      Leptidea juvernica
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      Dark Green Fritillary

      Speyeria aglaja
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      Dingy Skipper

      Erynnis tages
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      Duke of Burgundy

      Hamearis lucina
    • Essex Skipper (male) - Iain Leach

      Essex Skipper

      Thymelicus lineola
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      Gatekeeper

      Pyronia tithonus
    • Glanville Fritillary (upperwing) - Bob Eade

      Glanville Fritillary

      Melitaea cinxia
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      Grayling

      Hipparchia semele
    • Green Hairstreak (underwing) - Iain Leach

      Green Hairstreak

      Callophrys rubi
    • Green-veined White (underwing) - Tamás Nestor

      Green-veined White

      Pieris napi
    • Grizzled Skipper (male/upperwing) - Bob Eade

      Grizzled Skipper

      Pyrgus malvae
    • Heath Fritillary (upperwing) - Ryszard Szczygie?

      Heath Fritillary

      Melitaea athalia
    • High Brown Fritillary (upperwing) - Iain Leach

      High Brown Fritillary

      Fabriciana adippe
    • Holly Blue (male/upperwing) - Iain Leach

      Holly Blue

      Celastrina argiolus
    • Large Blue (upperside) - Pete Withers

      Large Blue

      Phengaris arion
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      Large Heath

      Coenonympha tullia
    • Large Skipper (female/upperwing) - Allan Drewitt

      Large Skipper

      Ochlodes sylvanus
    • Large Tortoiseshell - Adam Gor

      Large Tortoiseshell

      Nymphalis polychloros
    • Large White (male/upperwing) - Dean Morley

      Large White

      Pieris brassicae
    • Lulworth Skipper (female) - Mark Searle

      Lulworth Skipper

      Thymelicus acteon
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      Marbled White

      Melanargia galathea
    • Marsh Fritillary (upperwing) - Iain Leach

      Marsh Fritillary

      Euphydryas aurinia

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