The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland provides comprehensive coverage of all our resident and migratory butterflies, including the latest information on newly discovered species such as Cryptic Wood White and the Geranium Bronze.
The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland provides comprehensive coverage of all our resident and migratory butterflies, including the latest information on newly discovered species such as Cryptic Wood White and the Geranium Bronze.
Jeremy Thomas, one of Europe's most accomplished butterfly experts, is Professor of Ecology at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of New College and of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. He previously worked as a research scientist at the Nature Conservancy's Monks Wood laboratory, at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology's Furzebrook Research Station, and at CEH's Dorset laboratory. He initially helped devise the methods used to monitor change in the distributions and abundance of butterflies, and for four decades has led research teams across Europe to study the ecology of threatened species, including the interactions between ants and butterflies. He has applied his research results widely to conserve declining European butterflies, including the five species of Large Blue. Thomas's work has attracted a variety of awards, including leading prizes for advancing the sciences of both Conservation Biology and Ecology, for natural history writing and for practical conservation.
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Introduction Butterfly names and families Hesperiidae Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon Small Skipper Thymelicus slyvestris Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola Lulworth Skipper Thymelicus acteon Silver-spotted Skipper Hesperia comma Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages Papilionidae Swallowtail Papilio machaon Pieridae Wood White Leptidea sinapis Cryptic Wood White Lepitdea juvernica Pale and Berger's Clouded Yellows Colias hyale and Colias alfacariensis Clouded Yellow Colias croceus Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Black-veined White Aporia crataegi Large White Pieris brassicae Small White Pieris rapae Green-veined White Pieris napi Bath White Pontia daplidice Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines Lycaenidae Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi Brown Hairstreak Thecia betulae Purple Hairstreak Favonius quercus White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album Black Hairstreak Satyrium pruni Large Copper Lycaena dispar Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus Geranium Bronze Cacyreus marshalli Bloxworth (Short-tailed) Blue everes argiades Small Blue Cupido minimum Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus Mazarine Blue Celastrina argiolus Large Blue Maculinea arion Riodinidae Duke of Burgandy Hamearis lucina Nymphalidae White Admiral Limenitis camilla Purple Emperor Apatura iris Camberwell Beauty Nymphalis antiopa Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae Large Tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros Peacock Aglais io Comma Polygonia c-album Queen of Spain Fritillary Issoria lathonia Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia Marsh Fritillary Euphydrayas aurinia Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia Heath Fritillary Melitaea athalia Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Wall Lasiommata megera Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops Marbled White Melanargia galathea Grayling Hipparchia semele Gatekepper Pyronia tithonus Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus Large Heath Coenonympha tullia Monarch Danaus plexippus Further reading Societies to join Websites Names of plants Acknowledgements
