Butterflies Flashcards

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Gonepteryx rhamni

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Brimstone
Caterpillar foodplants: leaves of buckthorn and alder buckthorn
Family: Pieridae

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Polygonia c-album

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comma
Caterpillar foodplant: stinging nettle
Family: Nymphalidae

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Pyronia tithonus

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gatekeeper, hedge brown, small meadow brown, hedge eye

Family: Nymphalidae

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4
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Callophrys rubi

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green hairstreak
CFP:common rock-rose, bird’s foot-trefoil, bilberry, bramble, broom, gorse and dogwood.
Family: Lycaenidae

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Celastrina argiolus

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Holly blue
Caterpillar foodplant: holly and ivy flower buds
Family: Lycaenidae

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Anthocharis cardamines

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Orange-tip
Caterpillar foodplants: cuckooflower, garlic mustard
Family: Pieridae

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7
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Aglais io

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Peacock
Caterpillar foodplants: leaves of hop and stinging nettles
Family: Nymphalids

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8
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Apatura iris

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Purple emperor
Caterpillar foodplant: goat willow
Family: Nymphalidae

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9
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Argynnis paphia

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Silver-washed fritillary

Family: Nymphalidae

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10
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Pararge aegeria

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Speckled wood
Caterpillar foodplants: grasses
Family: Nymphalidae

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11
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Favonius quercus

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Purple hairstreak
Caterpillar foodplants: sessile and English oak, and occasionally non-native oaks
Family: Lycaenidae

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12
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Aphantopus hyperantus

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Ringlet
Caterpillar foodplants: various grasses
Family: Nymphalidae

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13
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Limenitis camilla

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White admiral
Caterpillar food plants: honeysuckle leaves
Family: Nymphalidae

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