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Butterflies

Duke of Burgundy

A wood white butterfly resting on a plant, with its distinctive oval wings closed

Wood white

Large heath butterfly

Large heath

Marsh fritillary

Marsh fritillary

Heath Fritillary butterfly

Heath fritillary

White-letter hairstreak butterfly

White-letter hairstreak

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly

Small tortoiseshell

Ringlet

Ringlet

Pearl-bordered Fritillary underwing

Pearl-bordered fritillary

Painted Lady butterfly

Painted lady

Clouded Yellow Butterfly

Clouded yellow

Brown hairstreak butterfly

Brown hairstreak

Meadow Brown

Meadow brown

Adonis blue

Adonis blue

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly

Small pearl-bordered fritillary

Holly Blue butterfly

Holly blue

Chalkhill Blue butterfly

Chalkhill blue

Dingy Skipper butterfly

Dingy skipper

Large Blue butterfly

Large blue

Purple emperor

Purple emperor

Grizzled skipper

Grizzled skipper

Green-veined White

Green-veined white

green hairstreak

Green hairstreak

Small Blue butterfly

Small blue

Large White butterfly

Large white

Small Skipper

Small skipper

Small White butterfly

Small white

Comma butterfly

Comma

Small heath

Small heath

Small Copper butterfly

Small copper

Marbled White

Marbled white

Dark green fritillary

Dark green fritillary

Brown Argus

Brown argus

Peacock butterfly

Peacock

White admiral

White admiral

Silver-washed Fritillary

Silver-washed fritillary

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