BUTTERFLIES - HESPERIIDAE, LYCAENIDAE, PIERIDAE & PAPILIONIDAE

skippers, blues, whites and swallowtails

African Migrant [Catopsilia florella]

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

Round-winged Orange Tip [Colotis euippe euippe]

faded adult – Location : Zogota, Nzérékoré prefecture, Guinea – Date of image : 17 Mar 2010

Small Orange Tip [Colotis evagore antigone]

Adult of sub-species antigone – Location : Sobhengu Lodge, Nibela peninsula, Lake St Lucia, kwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Date of image : 28 Feb 2008

Common Orange Tip [Colotis evenina evenina]

Adult of sub-species evenina, ‘African Orange Tip’ – Location : Sabie River Road, near Skukuza, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 16 Jan 2011

Common Orange Tip [Colotis evenina evenina]

Adult of sub-species evenina, ‘African Orange Tip’ – Location : Sobhengu Lodge, Nibela peninsula, Lake St Lucia, kwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Date of image : 23 Feb 2008

Common Orange Tip [Colotis evenina evenina]

Adult of sub-species evenina, ‘African Orange Tip’ – Location : Kgomo-Kgomo, North-West, South Africa – Date of image : 26 Mar 2006

Lemon Tip [Colotis subfasciatus]

Adult – Location : Kgomo-Kgomo, North-West, South Africa – Date of image : 26 Mar 2006

Broad-bordered Grass Yellow [Eurema brigitta brigitta]

Adults of sub-species brigitta on elephant dung – Location : Salitje Road, near Lower Sabie, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 21 Feb 2009

Common Grass Yellow [Eurema hecabe solifera]

Adults of sub-species solifera – Location : Lochinvar National Park, Zambia – Date of image : 03 Apr 2011

Common Grass Yellow [Eurema hecabe solifera]

Dry-season form adult of sub-species solifera – Location : near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo – Date of image : 03 Oct 2008

Common Grass Yellow [Eurema hecabe solifera]

Dry-season form adult of sub-species solifera on Fadogia sp. – Location : near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo – Date of image : 03 Oct 2008

Common Brimstone [Gonepteryx rhamni rhamni]

Adult of sub-species rhamni on Buddleja sp. – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Aug 2015

Common Brimstone [Gonepteryx rhamni rhamni]

Adult of sub-species rhamni on Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Aug 2015

Common Brimstone [Gonepteryx rhamni rhamni]

Adult of sub-species rhamni – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Aug 2015

Great Orange Tip [Hebomoia glaucippe]

Adult – Location : live butterfly display, Natural History Museum, London, England – Date of image : 06 Sep 2016

Eastern Dotted Border [Mylothris agathina]

Adult on flower of Crassocephalum rubens – Location : near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo – Date of image : 16 Feb 2009

Round-winged Vagrant [Nepheronia pharis]

Adult – Location : Zogota, Nzérékoré prefecture, Guinea – Date of image : 15 Mar 2010

Large White [Pieris brassicae]

Adult on Buddleja sp. flower – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2025

Large White [Pieris brassicae]

Female on Buddleja sp. flower – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jul 2025

Large White [Pieris brassicae]

Larvae on Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jul 2025

BUTTERFLIES – HESPERIIDAE, LYCAENIDAE, PIERIDAE & PAPILIONIDAE

skippers, blues, whites and swallowtails