List of British butterflies (alphabetical by English name)
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- Adonis Blue - Polyommatus bellargus
- Black Hairstreak - Satyrium pruni
- Brimstone - Gonepteryx rhamni
- Brown Argus - Aricia agestis
- Brown Hairstreak - Thecla betulae
- Chalkhill Blue - Polyommatus coridon
- Chequered Skipper - Carterocephalus palaemon
- Clouded Yellow - Colias croceus
- Comma - Polygonia c-album
- Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus
- Dark Green Fritillary - Argynnis aglaja
- Dingy Skipper - Erynnis tages
- Duke of Burgundy - Hamearis lucina
- Essex Skipper - Thymelicus lineola
- Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus
- Glanville Fritillary - Melitaea cinxia
- Grayling - Hipparchia semele
- Green-veined White - Pieris napi
- Green Hairstreak - Callophrys rubi
- Grizzled Skipper - Pyrgus malvae
- Heath Fritillary - Melitaea athalia
- High Brown Fritillary - Argynnis adippe
- Holly Blue - Celastrina argiolus
- Large Blue - Maculinea arion
- Large Copper - Lycaena dispar
- Large Heath - Coenonympha tullia
- Large Skipper - Ochlodes venata
- Large White - Pieris brassicae
- Lulworth Skipper - Thymelicus acteon
- Marbled White - Melanargia galathea
- Marsh Fritillary - Euphydryas aurinia
- Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina
- Mountain Ringlet - Erebia epiphron
- Northern Brown Argus - Aricia artaxerxes
- Swallowtail - Papilio machaon
- Orange Tip - Anthocharis cardamines
- Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui
- Peacock - Inachis io
- Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Boloria euphrosyne
- Purple Emperor - Apatura iris
- Purple Hairstreak - Neozephyrus quercus
- Real's Wood White - Leptidea reali - A recent (2001) discovery in Northern Ireland (and the Irish Republic), and first described as a species new to science in 1989.
- Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta
- Ringlet - Aphantopus hyperantus
- Scotch Argus - Erebia aethiops
- Silver-spotted Skipper - Hesperia comma
- Silver-studded Blue - Plebeius argus
- Silver-washed Fritillary - Argynnis paphia
- Small Blue - Cupido minimus
- Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas
- Small Heath - Coenonympha pamphilus
- Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary - Boloria selene
- Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris
- Small Tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae
- Small White - Pieris rapae
- Speckled Wood - Pararge aegeria
- Wall - Lasiommata megera
- White Admiral - Limenitis camilla
- White-letter Hairstreak - Satyrium w-album
- Wood White - Leptidea sinapis
[edit] Vagrant and extinct species
- Bath White – Pontia daplidice
- Berger's Clouded Yellow – Colias alfacariensis
- Black-veined White – Aporia crataegi
- Camberwell Beauty – Nymphalis antiopa
- Geranium Bronze – Cacyreus marshalli
- Large Chequered Skipper – Heteropterus morpheus
- Large Tortoiseshell – Nymphalis polychloros
- Long-tailed Blue – Lampides boeticus
- Map – Araschnia levana
- Mazarine Blue – Polyommatus semiargus
- Monarch – Danaus plexippus
- Pale Clouded Yellow – Colias hyale
- Queen of Spain Fritillary – Issoria lathonia
- Short-tailed Blue – Cupido argiades
