|
Current name |
species |
former names |
|
Adonis Blue |
bellargus |
Clifden Blue ( 1775 ) |
|
Bath White |
daplidice |
Vernon's Half Mourner |
|
Berger's Clouded Yellow |
alfacariensis |
separated from Pale Clouded Yellow
by Berger 1947 |
|
Black Hairstreak |
pruni |
current name since 1828 |
|
Black-veined White |
crataegi |
The White butterfly with Black
Veins ( 1667 ) |
|
Brimstone |
rhamni |
Butter-coloured Fly, known as
Brimstone since 1658 |
|
Brown Argus |
agestis |
current name since 1717 |
|
Brown
Hairstreak |
betulae |
Golden Hairstreak |
|
Camberwell
Beauty |
antiopa |
Grand Surprise, Willow Beauty,
White Petticoat |
|
Chalkhill Blue |
coridon |
|
|
Chequered Skipper |
palaemon |
Arctic Skipper ( in North America ) |
|
Clouded Yellow |
croceus |
Saffron ( male ), Spotted Saffron (
female ) |
|
Comma |
c-album |
current name since 1766 |
|
Common Blue |
icarus |
|
|
Dark Green Fritillary |
aglaia |
Queen of England Fritillary |
|
Dingy Skipper |
tages |
|
|
Duke of Burgundy |
lucina |
Mr Vernon's Small Fritillary |
|
Essex Skipper |
lineola |
current name since 1888 |
|
Gatekeeper |
tithonus |
Hedge Brown, Hedge Eye, Large Heath |
|
Glanville Fritillary |
cinxia |
Dullidge Fritillary, Plantain
Fritillary |
|
Grayling |
semele |
Rock Underwing |
|
Green Hairstreak |
rubi |
current name since 1666 |
|
Green-veined White |
napi |
current name since 1666 |
|
Grizzled Skipper |
malvae |
The Grizzle, Mr Dandridge's Dark
Fritillary |
|
Heath Fritillary |
athalia |
Pearl Border Likeness, May
Fritillary |
|
High Brown Fritillary |
adippe |
current name since 1717 |
|
Holly Blue |
argiolus |
Blue Speckt Butterfly with Black
Tips, Wood Blue |
|
Large Blue |
arion |
current name since 1795 |
|
Large Copper |
dispar |
current name since 1795 |
|
Large Heath |
tullia |
Manchester Argus, Manchester
Ringlet, Marsh Ringlet |
|
Large Skipper |
venata |
current name since 1717 |
|
Large Tortoiseshell |
polychloros |
|
|
Large White |
brassicae |
current name since 1666 |
|
Long-tailed Blue |
boeticus |
Brighton Argus, Pea-pod Argus, Pea
Blue |
|
Lulworth Skipper |
acteon |
current name since 1832 |
|
Marbled White |
galathea |
Our Half-Mourner, Marmoris,
Marmoress |
|
Marsh Fritillary |
aurinia |
Greasy Fritillaria, Dishclout |
|
Mazarine Blue |
semiargus |
current name since 1710 |
|
Meadow Brown |
maniola |
|
|
Monarch |
plexippus |
Milkweed |
|
Mountain Ringlet |
epiphron |
Small Mountain Ringlet |
|
Northern Brown Argus |
artaxerxes |
Scotch White-spot, Scotch Argus,
Castle Eden Argus |
|
Orange tip |
cardamines |
Lady of the Woods |
|
Painted Lady |
cardui |
current name since 1766 but known
since 1272 |
|
Pale Clouded Yellow |
hyale |
|
|
Peacock |
io |
current name since 1766 |
|
Pearl-bordered Fritillary |
euphrosyne |
April Fritillaria |
|
Purple Emperor |
iris |
current name since 1766 |
|
Purple Hairstreak |
quercus |
|
|
Queen of Spain Fritillary |
lathonia |
Lesser Silver-spotted Fritillaria,
Riga Fritillary |
|
Red Admiral |
atalanta |
The Admirable |
|
Ringlet |
hyperantus |
current name since 1766 |
|
Scotch Argus |
aethiops |
|
|
Short-tailed Blue |
|
Bloxworth Blue |
|
Silver-spotted Skipper |
comma |
Pearl Skipper |
|
Silver-studded Blue |
argus |
Lead Argus |
|
Silver-washed Fritillary |
paphia |
Greater Silver-streaked Fritillaria |
|
Small Blue |
minimus |
Bedford Blue, Little Blue |
|
Small Copper |
phlaeas |
Common Copper |
|
Small Heath |
pamphilus |
Selvedged Heath Eye ( m ) Golden
Heath Eye ( fem ) |
|
Sm. Pearl-bordered Fritillary |
selene |
Small Pearl Border Fritillaria |
|
Small Skipper |
sylvestris |
|
|
Small Tortoiseshell |
urticae |
|
|
Small White |
rapae |
current name since 1666 |
|
Speckled Wood |
aegeria |
Enfield Eye, Wood Argus |
|
Swallowtail |
machaon |
Royal William |
|
Wall Brown |
megera |
Wall |
|
White Admiral |
camilla |
White Admirable |
|
White-letter Hairstreak |
w-album |
Dark
Hairstreak |
|
Wood White |
sinapis |
current name since 1666 |
