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Species List – Butterflies and Dragonflies

Butterflies

Skippers  –  Family Hesperidae
Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages

Whites  –  Family Pieridae
Orange Tip, Anthocharis cardamines
Large White, Pieris brassicae
Green-veined White, Pieris napi
Small White, Pieris rapae

Blues & Coppers  –  Family Lycaenidae
Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas
Small or Little Blue, Cupido minimus
Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus

Fritillaries, Vanessids & Browns  –  Family Nymphalidae
Dark Green Fritillary, Argymnis aglaja
Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta
Painted Lady, Cynthia cardui
Peacock Butterfly, Inachis io
Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae
Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria
Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus
Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina
Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus
Scotch Argus, Erebia aethiops
Grayling, Hipparchia semele

Dragonflies

Bluet Damselflies  –  Family Coenagrionidae
Common Blue Damselfly or Common Bluet, Enallgma cyathigerurm

Goldenrings  –  Family Cordulegastridae
Golden-ringed Dragonfly or Common Goldenring, Cordulegaster boltonii

Hawkers  –  Family Aeshnidae
Southern or Blue Hawker, Aeshna cyanea

Chasers, Skimmers & Darters  –  Family Libellulidae
Black Meadowhawk or Black Darter, Sympetrum danae
Common Darter, Sympetrum striolatum

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