Butterfly Gallery

The Premium Collection

Herewith a preview of some creative butterfly images captured from 2013 to 2023. The aim is to cut out the clutter as much as possible and acquire as many pictures as possible in this style. The following are some species with which I have succeeded so far. Continuous improvement is the name of the game.

: Black-veined White

: Apollo

: Black Hairstreak

: Brown Argus

: Brown Hairstreak

: Chalkhill Blue

: Dark Green Fritillary

: Grizzled Skipper

: Ilex Hairstreak

: Lesser Spotted Fritillary

: Mallow Skipper

: Marbled White

: Marsh Fritillary

: Panoptes Blue

: Peacock Butterfly

: Pearl-bordered Fritillary

: Queen of Spain

: Silver Studded Blue

: Small Heath

: Small Skipper

: Sooty Copper

: Southern Gatekeeper

: Spotted Fritillary

: Wood White

Mainly European Butterflies

A complete checklist follows of butterflies I have observed and taken pictures of in Great Britain, continental Europe, Turkey, north-west Africa and the Canary Islands since 2011; with topside and under-wing views wherever possible. These are presented in classified order per Tolman and Lewington’s Collins Butterfly Guide.

Papilionidae – a family containing some large and colourful yellow and white butterflies

: Swallowtail (ssp gorganus)

: Swallowtail (ssp britannicus)

: Swallowtail (ssp britannicus)

: Scarce Swallowtail

: Scarce Swallowtail

: Faded Eastern Festoon

: Southern Festoon

: Southern Festoon

: Spanish Festoon

: Spanish Festoon

: Apollo

: Apollo

: False Apollo (male)

: False Apollo (male)

: False Apollo (female)

: Worn Clouded Apollo

Pieridae – a family of mainly familiar white and yellow butterflies

: Black-veined White (male)

: Black-veined White (female)

: Large White

: Large White

: Small White

: Small White

: Small White (first brood)

: Mountain Small White

: Green-veined White

: Green-veined White (mating pair)

: Bath White

: Bath White

: Eastern Bath White

: Eastern Dappled White

: Eastern Dappled White

: Corsican Dappled White

: Corsican Dappled White

: Green-striped White

: Greenish Blacktip

: Greenish Blacktip

: Orange Tip (male)

: Orange Tip (male)

: Orange Tip (female)

: Moroccan Orange Tip

: Moroccan Orange Tip

: Provence Orange Tip (female)

: Gruner’s Orange Tip

: Gruner’s Orange Tip

: Clouded Yellow

: Berger’s Clouded Yellow

: Pale? Clouded Yellow

: Clouded Yellow (Helice form)

: Clouded Yellow (Helice form)

: Greek Clouded Yellow

: Brimstone (male)

: Brimstone (female)

: Cleopatra

: Wood White (male)

: Wood White (female)

: Wood White (pair)

: Eastern Wood White (male, first brood)

: Eastern Wood White (female 2nd brood)

Lycaenidae – a large family of small butterflies comprising Hairstreaks, Coppers and Blues

: Brown Hairstreak (female)

: Brown Hairstreak (female)

: Brown Hairstreak (male)

: Brown Hairstreak (male)

: Purple Hairstreak

: Purple Hairstreak

: Purple Hairstreak

: Sloe Hairstreak

: Ilex Hairstreak

: False Ilex Hairstreak

: Blue-spot Hairstreak

: White-letter Hairstreak

: Black Hairstreak

: Small Copper (British race)

: Small Copper (British race)

: Small Copper (Iberian race)

: Small Copper (third brood)

: Small Copper aberrant form caeruleo-punctata

: Scarce Copper

: Scarce Copper

: Grecian Copper (male)

: Grecian Copper (female)

: Sooty Copper (male)

: Sooty Copper (male)

: Sooty Copper (female)

: Sooty Copper (female)

: Purple-shot Copper (male)

Blues – a large and fascinating group of subtly different species

: Long-tailed Blue (male)

: Long-tailed Blue (female)

: Long-tailed Blue

: Geranium Bronze

: Geranium Bronze

: Lang’s Short-tailed Blue

: Lang’s Short-tailed Blue

: Lang’s Short-tailed Blue

: African Grass Blue

: African Grass Blue

: Short-tailed Blue

: Holly Blue

: Holly Blue

: Small Blue

: Small Blue

: Small Blue

: Osiris Blue (male)

: Osiris Blue (male)

: Osiris Blue (female)

: Lorquin’s Blue

: Greeen-underside Blue

: Green-underside Blue

: Green-underside Blue

: Anatolian Black-eyed Blue

: Anatolian Black-eyed Blue

: Odd-spot Blue (female)

: Large Blue

: Large Blue

: Large Blue (mating pair)

: Iolas Blue

: Chequered Blue

: Chequered Blue

: Baton Blue

: Baton Blue

: Eastern Baton Blue

: Eastern Baton Blue

: Eastern Baton Blue

: Panoptes Blue

: Zephyr Blue (male)

: Zephyr Blue (male)

: Anatolian Zephyr Blue (male)

: Anatolian Zephyr Blue (female)

: Reverdin’s Blue

: Reverdin’s Blue

: Silver-studded Blue (male)

: Silver-studded Blue (male)

: Silver-studded Blue (female)

: Silver-studded Blue (female)

: Idas Blue (male)

: Idas Blue (female)

: Brown Argus

: Brown Argus

: Northern Brown Argus

: Northern Brown Argus

: Northern Brown Argus (salmacis form)

: Northern Brown Argus (salmacis form)

: Blue Argus (male)

: Blue Argus (male)

: Blue Argus (female)

: Chelmos Blue

: Mazarine Blue sp

: Mazarine Blue sp

: Greek Mazarine Blue

: Escher’s Blue (male)

: Escher’s Blue (male)

: Escher’s Blue (mating pair)

: Amanda’s Blue (male)

: Amanda’s Blue (male)

: Amanda’s Blue (female)

: Amanda’s Blue (female)

: Chapman’s Blue (male)

: Chapman’s Blue (male)

: Chapman’s Blue (female)

: Chapman’s Blue (mating pair)

: Ripart’s Anomalous Blue

: Ripart’s Anomalous Blue

: Ripart’s Anomalous Blue

: Turquoise Blue

: Turquoise Blue

: Turquoise Blue

: Meleager’s Blue (male)

: Meleager’s Blue (male)

: Meleager’s Blue (female)

: Meleager’s Blue (female)

: Chalkhill Blue (male)

: Chalkhill Blue (male)

: Chalkhill Blue (male)

: Chalkhill Blue (female)

: Chalkhill Blue (female)

: Provence Chalkhill Blue

: Provence Chalkhill Blue

: Adonis Blue (male)

: Adonis Blue (male)

: Adonis Blue (female)

: Adonis Blue (spotted form)

: Common Blue (male)

: Common Blue (male)

: Common Blue (mating pair))

: Common Blue (female)

: Common Blue (female)

: Common Blue (f celina)

: Small Anatolian Blue

Riodinidae, Libytheidae and Danaidae – three families with just four European representatives between them

: Duke of Burgundy (male)

: Duke of Burgundy

: Nettle-tree Butterfly

: Nettle-tree Butterfly

: Nettle-tree Butterfly

: Milkweed or Monarch

: Plain Tiger

: Plain Tiger

: Plain Tiger

Nymphalidae – a large family of large and colourful butterflies, and the Fritillaries

: Two-tailed Pasha

: Purple Emperor

: Purple Emperor

: Southern White Admiral

: Southern White Admiral

: White Admiral

: White Admiral

: White Admiral f obliterae

: White Admiral f obliterae

: Peacock Butterfly

: Peacock Butterfly

: Small Tortoiseshell

: Large Tortoiseshell

: Red Admiral

: Red Admiral

: Painted Lady

: Painted Lady

: Queen of Spain (male)

: Queen of Spain (female)

: Queen of Spain

: Comma

: Comma

: Southern Comma

: Southern Comma (female)

Fritillaries – a large and complex group of often similar species

: Cardinal

: Cardinal

: Silver-washed Fritillary (male)

: Silver-washed Fritillary (fem)

: Silver-washed Fritillary

: Silver-washed Fritillary f valezina

: Dark Green Fritillary

: Dark Green Fritillary

: High Brown Fritillary

: High Brown Fritillary (mating pair)

: High Brown Fritillary

: High Brown Fritillary (mating pair)

: Niobe Fritillary

: Marbled Fritillary

: Marbled Fritillary

: Pearl-bordered Fritillary

: Pearl-bordered Fritillary

: Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

: Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary

: Weaver’s Fritillary (male)

: Weaver’s Fritillary

: Weaver’s Fritillary (fem)

: Glanville Fritillary

: Glanville Fritillary

: Knapweed Fritillary (Portugal)

: Knapweed Fritillary (Portugal)

: Knapweed Fritillary (France)

: Knapweed Fritillary (France)

: Knapweed Fritillary (Turkey)

: Knapweed Fritillary (Turkey)

: False Heath Fritillary

: False Heath Fritillary (female)

: False Heath Fritillary

: False Heath Fritillary (mating pair)

: Spotted Fritillary

: Spotted Fritillary

: Lesser Spotted Fritillary

: Lesser Spotted Fritillary

: Lesser Spotted Fritillary (mating pair)

: Heath Fritillary (male)

: Heath Fritillary (female)

: Heath Fritillary

: Provençal Fritillary

: Meadow Fritillary

: Marsh Fritillary

: Marsh Fritillary

: Marsh Fritillary

: Marsh Fritillary (race Beckeri)

Satyridae – an extensive family of butterflies mostly in shades of brown

: Marbled White

: Marbled White

: Marbled White f procida

: Marbled White f procida

: Marbled White f leucomelas

: Esper’s Marbled White

: Balkan Marbled White

: Balkan Marbled White

: Western Marbled White

: Western Marbled White

: Spanish Marbled White

: Spanish Marbled White

: Eastern Rock Grayling

: Woodland Grayling

: Rock Grayling

: Delattin’s Grayling

: Grayling

: Cretan Grayling

: Southern Grayling

: Freyer’s Grayling

: Striped Grayling

: The Hermit

: Black Satyr

: Great Sooty Satyr (male)

: Great Sooty Satyr (male)

: Great Sooty Satyr (female)

: Great Sooty Satyr (female)

: Great Banded Grayling

: Arran Brown

: Arran Brown

: Ringlet

: Ringlet

: Scotch Argus

: Scotch Argus

: Dalmatian Ringlet

: Meadow Brown (male)

: Meadow Brown (female)

: Meadow Brown

: Oriental Meadow Brown

: Gatekeeper (male)

: Gatekeeper (female)

: Gatekeeper (female)

: Gatekeeper (f decolorata)

: Southern Gatekeeper

: Southern Gatekeeper

: Spanish Gatekeeper

: Spanish Gatekeeper

: Large Heath

: Small Heath

: Small Heath (f lyllus)

: Corsican Heath

: Dusky Heath

: Pearly Heath

: Speckled Wood (race tircis)

: Speckled Wood (race tircis)

: Speckled Wood (race aegeria)

: Speckled Wood (race aegeria)

: Wall Brown (male)

: Wall Brown

: Wall Brown (female)

: Wall Brown (ssp tigellius)

: Northern Wall Brown

: Large Wall Brown (female)

: Large Wall Brown

: Lattice Brown

Hesperidae – a family of small moth-like butterflies, the Skippers

: Grizzled Skipper

: Oberthur’s Grizzled Skipper

: Olive Skipper

: Olive Skipper

: Cinquefoil Skipper

: Cinquefoil Skipper

: Rosy Grizzled Skipper

: Red Underwing Skipper

: Red Underwing Skipper

: Orbed Red Underwing Skipper

: Orbed Red Underwing Skipper

: Persian Skipper

: Persian Skipper

: Sage Skipper

: Sage Skipper

: Mallow Skipper

: Mallow Skipper

: False Mallow Skipper

: False Mallow Skipper

: Marbled Skipper

: Dingy Skipper

: Dingy Skipper

: Dingy Skipper

: Chequered Skipper

: Chequered Skipper

: Chequered Skipper

: Large Chequered Skipper (fem)

: Large Chequered Skipper (fem)

: Lulworth Skipper

: Lulworth Skipper

: Essex Skipper

: Essex Skipper

: Small Skipper

: Small Skipper

: Large Skipper

: Large Skipper

: Silver-spotted Skipper

: Silver-spotted Skipper

: Mediterranean Skipper

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