Species list (grouped by taxonomic family)

The following list of 71 species are those that have been recorded regularly in Britain and Ireland. This includes 59 butterfly species that are resident, three species (Clouded Yellow, Red Admiral and Painted Lady) that are regular migrants that also breed here, as well as several more species that occur as rare migrants or vagrants.

Two species (Geranium Bronze and Large Chequered Skipper) that are likely to have been accidentally introduced to the British Isles are excluded.

Of these 71 species, 63 have been recorded on Butterfly Monitoring Scheme transects. Click on the species name for more information.

Hesperiidae	Lycaenidae
Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages) Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae) Large Skipper (Ochlodes venata) Lulworth Skipper (Thymelicus acteon) Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma) Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)	Adonis Blue (Lysandra bellargus) Black Hairstreak (Strymonidia pruni) Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae) Chalk-hill Blue (Lysandra coridon) Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) Large Blue (Maculinea arion) Large Copper (Lycaena dispar) Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus) Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes) Purple Hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus) Short-tailed Blue (Everes argiades) Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus) Small Blue (Cupido minimus) Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) White-letter Hairstreak (Strymonidia w-album)
Nymphalidae	Papilionidae
Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) Comma (Polygonia c-album) Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) Duke of Burgundy Fritillary (Hamearis lucina) Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) Heath Fritillary (Mellicta athalia) High Brown Fritillary (Argynnis adippe) Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) Marsh Fritillary (Eurodryas aurinia) Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) Peacock (Inachis io) Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne) Purple Emperor (Apatura iris) Queen of Spain Fritillary (Argynnis lathonia) Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene) Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) White Admiral (Ladoga camilla)	Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
Pieridae	Satyridae
Bath White (Pontia daplidice) Berger's Clouded Yellow (Colias australis) Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) Green-veined White (Pieris napi) Large White (Pieris brassicae) Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias hyale) Small White (Pieris rapae) Wood White (Leptidea sinapis)	Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) Large Heath (Coenonympha tullia) Scotch Argus (Erebia aethiops) Mountain Ringlet (Erebia epiphron) Grayling (Hipparchia semele) Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) Wall Brown (Lasiommata megera)