A Guide to the Butterflies of Surrey
Dingy Skipper Grizzled Skipper Essex Skipper Small Skipper Silver-spotted Skipper Large Skipper Erynnis tages Pyrgus malvae Thymelicus lineola Thymelicus sylvestris Hesperia comma Ochlodes sylvanus
Wood White Orange Tip Large White Small White Leptidea sinapis Anthocharis cardamines Pieris brassicae Pieris rapae
Green-veined White Clouded Yellow Brimstone Pieris napi Colias croceus Gonepteryx rhamni
Speckled Wood Small Heath Ringlet Meadow Brown Pararge aegeria Coenonympha pamphilus Aphantopus hyperantus Maniola jurtina
Gatekeeper Marbled White Grayling Pyronia tithonus Melanargia galathea Hipparchia semele
Silver-washed Fritillary Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis paphia Speyeria aglaja
Purple Emperor Apatura iris
White Admiral Red Admiral Limenitis camilla Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady Peacock Small Tortoiseshell Comma Vanessa cardui Aglais io Aglais urticae Polygonia c-album
Small Copper Green Hairstreak Lycaena phlaeas Brown Hairstreak Purple Hairstreak Callophrys rubi Thecla betulae Favonius quercus
Black Hairstreak White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium pruni Satyrium w-album
Small Blue Holly Blue Silver-studded Blue Brown Argus Cupido minimus Celastrina argiolus Plebejus argus Aricia agestis
Common Blue Adonis Blue Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus icarus Polyommatus bellargus Polyommatus coridon
These butterfly illustrations show the patterns on the upperwings on the left and the underwings on the right. Where there is an obvious difference between the two sexes the female is illustrated on the far right.
The Big Nature Centre
Original photography by Dan Danahar of specimens held in the Booth Museum Collection Image treatment and poster design by Bob Foreman © Danahar & Foreman 2020