Butterflies and Moths of Britain and Europe

Latin Name	English Name
Aglais urticae	Small Tortoiseshell
Amata phegea	Nine-spotted Moth
Anthocharis cardamines	Orange Tip
Anthocharis euphenoides	Moroccan Orange Tip
Aphantopus hyperantus	Ringlet
Aporia crataegi	Black-veined White
Argynnis aglaja ssp aglaja	Dark Green Fritillary
Argynnis aglaja ssp scotica	Dark Green Fritillary
Argynnis paphia	Silver Washed Fritillary
Boloria euphrosyne (UK)	Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Boloria euphrosyne (Europe)	Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Cacyreus marshalli	Geranium Bronze
Callophrys rubi	Green Hairstreak
Carcharodus alceae	Mallow Skipper
Celastrina argiolus	Holly Blue
Coenonympha pamphilus	Small Heath
Colias croceus (U.K.)	Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus (Rhodes)	Clouded Yellow
Cupido minimus	Small Blue
Cyaniris semiargus	Mazarine Blue
Erebia aethiops ssp aethiops	Scotch Argus
Erebia epiphron	Mountain Ringlet
Erynnis tages	Dingy Skipper
Euclidia glyphica	Burnet Companion
Euchloe belemia	Green Striped White
Gonepteryx cleoptra	Cleopatra
Gonepteryx rhamni	Brimstone
Hemaris tityus	Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
Hamearis lucina	Duke of Burgundy
Hipparchia semele ssp semele	Grayling
Hipparchia semele ssp thyone	Great Orme Grayling
Inachis Io	Peacock
Lasiommata maera	Large Wall Brown
Lasiommata megera	Wall Brown
Leptidea sinapis ssp juvernica	Wood White
Limentis camilla	White admiral
Lycaena phlaeas	Small Copper
Lycaena tityrus	Sooty Copper
Macroglossum stellatarum	Humming-bird Hawk Moth
Maniola jurtina	Meadow Brown
Melanargia galathea	Marbled White
Melanargia ines	Spanish Marbled White
Melitaea athalia	Heath Fritillary
Melitaea cinxia	Glanville Fritillary
Ochlodes sylvanus (ex O. venata)	Large Skipper
Neozephyrus quercus	Purple Hairstreak
Papilio machaon	Swallowtail
Pararge xiphioides	Canary Speckled Wood
Pararge aegeria ssp aegeria	Speckled Wood
Pararge aegeria ssp tircis	Speckled Wood
Parnassius apollo	Apollo
Pieris brassicae	Large White
Pieris napi	Green-veined White
Pieris rapae	Small White
Plebeius argus ssp argus	Silver-studded Blue
Plebeius argus ssp caernensis	Western Silver Studded Blue
Plebicula dorylas	Turquoise Blue
Polygonia c-album	Comma
Polyommatus icarus	Common Blue
Pseudophilotes baton	Baton Blue
Pyronia tithonus	Gatekeeper or Hedge Brown
Spialia sertorius	Red Underwing Skipper
Thymelicus lineola	Essex Skipper
Thymelicus sylvestris	Small Skipper
Tyria jacobaeae	Cinnabar Moth
Vanessa atalanta	Red Admiral
Vanessa cardui	Painted Lady
Zerynthia rumina	Spanish Festoon
Zygaena filipendula	Six-spot Burnet moth
Zygaena trifolii	Five-spot Burnet moth

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