Ivydene Gardens Butterfly Gallery:
Site Map

UKButterflies Larval Foodplants website page lists the larval foodplants used by British butterflies. The name of each foodplant links to a Google search. An indication of whether the foodplant is a primary or secondary food source is also given.

The Readers Digest Nature Lover's Library Field Guide to the Butterflies and Other Insects of Britain by Dr John Feltwell for The Reader's Digest Association Limited (ISBN 0-276-36007-9) illustrates and describes the insects that you are likely to come across in Britain.

Natural History of British Butterflies Vol. I and II by F.W. Frohawk Published by Hutchinson & Co., Paternoster Row, E.C. in 1914 contains a complete series of drawings of every phase of the life cycle of all our 68 British butterflies, together with a complete account of the life history of all 68 insects.

butterflymadefromapple1Unfortunately, this 'Butterfly' may be eaten by humans rather than by birds!!

Do enjoy looking at the 68 BUTTERFLIES IN THIS GALLERY which are listed below:-

Site Map for Butterfly Description pages and Comparison pages
Butterfly Gallery Introduction
BUTTERFLY - ARISTOCRATS
BUTTERFLY - BLUE, HAIRSTREAKS AND COPPER
BUTTERFLY - FRITILLARIES
BUTTERFLY - SKIPPERS
BUTTERFLY - SWALLOWTAIL
BUTTERFLY - WHITES AND YELLOWS
---butterfly - aristocrats - camberwell beauty
(o)butterfly - aristocrats - comma
---butterfly - aristocrat - large tortoiseshell
(o)butterfly - aristocrats- painted lady
(o)butterfly - aristocrats - peacock
---butterfly - aristocrats - purple emperor
(o)butterfly - aristocrats - red admiral
(o)butterfly - aristocrat - small tortoiseshell
(o)butterfly - aristocrat - white admiral
(o)butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - adonis blue
---butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - black hairstreak
(o)butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - brown argus
---butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - brown hairstreak
(o)butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - chalk-hill blue
(o)butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - common blue
(o)butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - green hairstreak
(o)butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - holly blue
---butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - large blue
---butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - long-tailed blue
---butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - mazarine blue
---butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - northern brown argus
(o)butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - purple hairstreak
---butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - short-tailed blue
(o)butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - silver-studded blue
(o)butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - small blue
(o)butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - small copper
---butterfly - blues, hairstreaks and copper - white-letter hairstreak
---butterfly - browns - gatekeeper
(o)butterfly - browns - grayling
(o)butterfly - browns - hedge brown
(o)butterfly - browns - large heath
(o)butterfly - browns - marbled white
(o)butterfly - browns - meadow brown
(o)butterfly - browns - ringlet
(o)butterfly - browns - scotch argus
(o)butterfly - browns - small heath
---butterfly - browns - small mountain ringlet
(o)butterfly - browns - speckled wood
(o)butterfly - browns - wall brown
---butterfly - fritillaries - dark green fritillary
(o)butterfly - fritillaries - duke of burgundy
---butterfly - fritillaries - glanville fritillary
---butterfly - fritillaries - heath fritillary
---butterfly - fritillaries - high brown
(o)butterfly - fritillaries - marsh fritillary
---butterfly - fritillaries - pearl-bordered fritillary
---butterfly - fritillaries - queen of spain fritillary
---butterfly - fritillaries - silver-washed fritillary
(o)butterfly - fritillaries - small pearl-bordered fritillary
---butterfly - monarch - monarch
---butterfly - skippers - chequered skipper
(o)butterfly - skippers - dingy skipper
(o)butterfly - skippers - essex skipper
(o)butterfly - skippers - grizzled skipper
(o)butterfly - skippers - large skipper
---butterfly - skippers - lulworth skipper
---butterfly - skippers - silver-spotted skipper
(o)butterfly - skippers - small skipper
(o)butterfly - swallowtail - swallowtail
(o)butterfly - whites and yellows - brimstone
---butterfly - whites and yellows - bergers clouded yellow
---butterfly - whites and yellows - clouded yellow
(o)butterfly - whites and yellows - green veined white
(o)butterfly - whites and yellows - large white
(o)butterfly - whites and yellows - orange tip
---butterfly - whites and yellows - pale clouded yellow
(o)butterfly - whites and yellows - small white
(o)butterfly - whites and yellows - wood white
INSECT USAGE OF PLANTS
PLANT USAGE BY EGG CATERPILLAR CHRYSALIS A-C
PLANT USAGE BY EGG CATERPILLAR CHRYSALIS C-M
PLANT USAGE BY EGG CATERPILLAR CHRYSALIS N-W
PLANT USAGE BY BUTTERFLIES
GREEN CATERPILLAR
ORANGE CATERPILLAR
SPINY CATERPILLAR
WHITE CATERPILLAR
YELLOW CATERPILLAR
CATERPILLAR EATS WILD FLOWER
WILD FLOWERS THAT BUTTERFLIES USE
HABITATS THAT BUTTERFLIES USE Page 2
Site Map for Individual Butterflies

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