This gallery includes some of the beautiful butterflies and moths that habitat the UK. Although there are only 59 recorded species of Butterfly still to be found in the UK, there are over 2,500 different species of Moth recorded. Because most moths fly at night, we do not often see them or appreciate their beauty. This gallery shows examples of the diverse range of both butterflies and moths found in the UK.
Adonis Blue
Adonis Blue
Black Hairstreak
Brimstone in Flight
Brimstone on Purple Loosestrift
Chalk Hill Blues Paired
Comma
Common Blue
Common Blue - Male
Common Blue
Gatekeeper
Gatekeeper
Green Hairstreak
Green Viened White feeding in Water Mint
Heath Fritillaries
Heath Fritillary
High Brown Fritallary
Holly Blue
Marble White
Orange Tip Butterfly on Bluebell
Painted Lady
Purple Emperor
Red Admiral on Purple Loosestrife
Ringlet Butterfly on Self Heal
Silver Washed Fritillary 1
Small Tortoiseshell
Speckled Wood
Swallowtail
Swallowtail
Clouded Yellows
Silver Washed Fritillaries Paired
Elephant Hawk Moth Caterpillar 1
Elephant Hawk Moth Caterpillar 1
Puss Moth
Common Blue - Female
Blood Vien Moth
Cinnabar Moth
Deaths Head Hawk Moth
Earl Grey
Elephant Hawk Moth on Iris
Emperor Moth on Heather
Flame Carpet Moth
Hook Tip Moth
Lunar Hornet Moth
Mating Six Spot Burnet Moths
Popular Hawk Moth on Foxglove bud
Puss Moth
Swallow Prominent
Treble Bar Aplocera Plagiata
