BUTTERFLIES - HESPERIIDAE, LYCAENIDAE, PIERIDAE & PAPILIONIDAE

Small Skipper [Thymelicus sylvestris]

Male feeding on Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2021

Small Skipper [Thymelicus sylvestris]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Jul 2024

Small Skipper [Thymelicus sylvestris]

Adult on Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jun 2015

Southern Broken Dash [Wallengrenia otho]

Adult – Location : Hotel Bougainvillea, Santo Tomas, Heredia province, Costa Rica – Date of image : 12 Mar 2020

Bruised Skipper [Zera hyacinthus hyacinthus]

Adult – Location : Hotel Bougainvillea, Santo Tomas, Heredia province, Costa Rica – Date of image : 18 Mar 2022

Black-striped Hairtail [Anthene amarah amarah]

Adult – Location : Pilanesberg National Park, North West, South Africa – Date of image : 19 Mar 2006

Spotted Hairtail [Anthene larydas]

Adult – Location : Zogota, Nzérékoré prefecture, Guinea – Date of image : 08 Feb 2010

Spotted Hairtail [Anthene larydas]

Adult – Location : Zogota, Nzérékoré prefecture, Guinea – Date of image : 16 Mar 2010

Togarna Hairstreak [Arawacus togarna]

Adult – Location : Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba district, Cartago province, Costa Rica - Date of image : 20 Mar 2022

Brown Argus [Aricia agestis]

Adult male on Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Jun 2015

Brown Argus [Aricia agestis]

Adult female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Aug 2015

Brown Argus [Aricia agestis]

Adult female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Aug 2025

Brown Argus [Aricia agestis]

Adult on Betony (Betonica officinalis) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Aug 2020

White-banded Babul Blue [Azanus isis]

Adult – Location : Zogota, Nzérékoré prefecture, Guinea – Date of image : 08 Feb 2010

Topaz-spotted Blue [Azanus jesous]

Adults – Location : farm Umtu, near Hotazel, Northern Cape, South Africa – Date of image : 11 Dec 2007

Thorn-tree Blue [Azanus moriqua]

Adult – Location : near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo – Date of image : 05 Oct 2008

Thorn-tree Blue [Azanus moriqua]

Adult – Location : Zogota, Nzérékoré prefecture, Guinea – Date of image : 08 Feb 2010

Green Hairstreak [Callophrys rubi]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 May 2020

Holly Blue [Celastrina argiolus britanna]

Male of sub-species britanna - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Jun 2020

Holly Blue [Celastrina argiolus britanna]

Female of sub-species britanna - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 23 May 2016

BUTTERFLIES – HESPERIIDAE, LYCAENIDAE, PIERIDAE & PAPILIONIDAE