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WCBS ID Guide Can look like CLOUDED YELLOW BRIMSTONE a fritillary in Upperside rich-yellow with broad black male female fl ight wing borders – very rarely shows upperside when at rest RINGLET Smaller COMMA Always rests with closed wings and brighter female than Meadow Brown GATEKEEPER male SMALL COPPER LARGE WHITE SMALL TORTOISESHELL No blue on wings Underwing brown – black hindwing female spots in male no shape BROWN ARGUS MEADOW BROWN Female Common Blues can be brown with orange spots – but always have some blue on the wings Underwing SMALL WHITE grey to PAINTED LADY brown – black male hindwing spots in ‘D’ shape SCOTCH ARGUS COMMON BLUE Underwing pale blue with no GREEN-VEINED WHITE male trace of orange Grayling has a RED ADMIRAL HOLLY BLUE similar underside Antennae tips Antennae tips Wings with faint WALL BROWN male orange on underside all black chequered pattern female Female pattern as male but ORANGE-TIP lacks orange ESSEX SKIPPER PEACOCK MARBLED WHITE SPECKLED WOOD SMALL HEATH Beige-orange upperside (less golden Wider Countryside SMALL SKIPPER LARGE SKIPPER than skippers) obvious in fl ight – always rests with closed wings Butterfl y Survey ID guide Wider Countryside Where and When Brimstone Brown Argus Clouded Yellow Comma Common Blue The distribution and flight period of Butterfly Survey each of the species illustrated is shown ID guide here in alphabetical order. Flight times are a guideline, showing This identification guide covers the 26 peak abundance as the darkest shade species that are most commonly seen in of green. Note that species may be on the wider countryside across the UK. the wing earliest in the south/west, and latest in the north/east. Not all of the 59 resident and regular migrant species are included. Therefore JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D if you are unsure of a species’ identity in the field then use a guide book or Essex Skipper Gatekeeper Green-veined White Holly Blue Large Skipper Large White Marbled White take a photo and identify it later. If you are in doubt, do not include the butterfly on your recording form. Thank you for taking part To find out more about the WCBS visit these websites: www.ukbms.org/wcbs.htm JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D www.butterfly-conservation.org www.bto.org/bbs Meadow Brown Orange-tip Painted Lady Peacock Red Admiral Ringlet Scotch Argus Contact details: BBS National Organiser [email protected] 01842 750050 Photos: Henk Bosma/Dutch Butterfly Conservation Maps: Rob Still/WildGuides BTO: Charity registered in England & Wales (216652) and Scotland (SCO39193). Company limited by guarantee, registered in England & Wales (357284). Registered Office: The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PU. Butterfly Conservation: Charity registered in England & Wales (254937) and in Scotland (SCO39268). Company limited by guarantee, registered in England (2206468). Registered Office: JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5QP. Small Copper Small Heath Small Skipper Small Tortoiseshell Small White Speckled Wood Wall Brown JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D JFMAMJJASON D.
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