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Butterfly taxonomy (classification) The skippers The swallowtails The whites The hairstreaks, coppers and blues. Includes the Duke of Burgundy. The nymphalids, fritillaries and browns. Includes the Monarch.

Species Listing

This page contains a listing of primary species only. Click here to see both primary species and secondary species.

Family: Lycaenidae

The Lycaenidae family contains species more commonly known as "hairstreaks", "coppers" or "blues". The vernacular names follow Emmet and Heath (1990). The scientific names follow Bradley (2000).


Green Hairstreak
Callophrys rubi
Male
Green Hairstreak - imago - Greenham Common - 08-May-05 (9)
Green Hairstreak
Callophrys rubi
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Green Hairstreak
Callophrys rubi
Female
Green Hairstreak - imago - Botany Bay - 26-May-04 (2)
Green Hairstreak
Callophrys rubi
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Brown Hairstreak - imago - Thatcham - 30-Jul-09 (1) {REARED}
Brown Hairstreak
Thecla betulae
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Brown Hairstreak - imago - Thatcham - 19-Aug-09 (2) {REARED}
Brown Hairstreak
Thecla betulae
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Brown Hairstreak - imago - Thatcham - 17-Aug-09 (17) {REARED}
Brown Hairstreak
Thecla betulae
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
Brown Hairstreak
Brown Hairstreak
Thecla betulae
Female Underside
Photo © Gruditch
Purple Hairstreak - imago - Thatcham - 14-Jun-07 (1) {REARED}
Purple Hairstreak
Neozephyrus quercus
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Purple Hairstreak Male - Botany Bay/Oaken Wood, Sussex 28-June-09
Purple Hairstreak
Neozephyrus quercus
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
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Purple Hairstreak
Neozephyrus quercus
Female
Photo © Paul
Purple Hairstreak
Neozephyrus quercus
Female Underside
White-letter Hairstreak
Satyrium w-album
Male
White-Letter Hairstreak - Arnside Knott, Lancs. 9-July-09
White-letter Hairstreak
Satyrium w-album
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
White-letter Hairstreak
Satyrium w-album
Female
White-Letter Hairstreak - imago - Mount Kerkini, Greece - 09-Jun-09 (1)
White-letter Hairstreak
Satyrium w-album
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Black Hairstreak
Satyrium pruni
Male
Black Hairstreak - imago - Thatcham - 25-May-08 (1) {REARED}
Black Hairstreak
Satyrium pruni
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Black Hairstreak
Satyrium pruni
Female
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Black Hairstreak
Satyrium pruni
Female Underside
Photo © Paul
Small Copper - imago - Stockbridge Down - 28-Jun-07 (3)
Small Copper
Lycaena phlaeas
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Small Copper Male - Chaldon, Surrey 6-Aug-09
Small Copper
Lycaena phlaeas
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Copper - imago - Thatcham - 02-May-07 (2) {REARED}
Small Copper
Lycaena phlaeas
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
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Small Copper
Lycaena phlaeas
Female Underside
Photo © geniculata
Large Copper - imago - Thatcham - 24-Jun-08 (25) {REARED}
Large Copper
Lycaena dispar
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Large Copper - imago - Thatcham - 24-Jun-08 (16) {REARED}
Large Copper
Lycaena dispar
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Large Copper - imago - Thatcham - 26-Jun-08 (1) {REARED}
Large Copper
Lycaena dispar
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
Large Copper - imago - Thatcham - 25-Jun-08 (2) {REARED}
Large Copper
Lycaena dispar
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Long-Tailed Blue - imago - Thatcham - 10-Oct-05 [REARED]
Long-tailed Blue
Lampides boeticus
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Long-Tailed Blue - imago - Thatcham - 10-Oct-05 (14) [REARED]
Long-tailed Blue
Lampides boeticus
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Long-Tailed Blue - imago - Spain - Unknown date [Adrian Riley]
Long-tailed Blue
Lampides boeticus
Female
Photo © Adrian Riley
Long-Tailed Blue - imago - Thatcham - 10-Oct-05 (6) [REARED]
Long-tailed Blue
Lampides boeticus
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Small Blue - imago - Martin Down - 22-May-09 (3)
Small Blue
Cupido minimus
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Small Blue Male - Hutchinsons Bank, Surrey 4-June-06
Small Blue
Cupido minimus
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Blue Female - Durdle Door, Dorset 25-May-05
Small Blue
Cupido minimus
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small Blue - imago - Martin Down - 31-May-06 (0195)
Small Blue
Cupido minimus
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Short-Tailed Blue - imago - Thatcham - 04-Sep-08 (1)
Short-tailed Blue
Everes argiades
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Short-Tailed Blue - imago - St Guyomard, South Brittany, France - 03-Aug-04 [Pete Smith]
Short-tailed Blue
Everes argiades
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Smith
Short-Tailed Blue - imago - Thatcham - 04-Sep-08 (5)
Short-tailed Blue
Everes argiades
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
E. argiades SE Moravia (CZE) Aug 02nd 2009
Short-tailed Blue
Everes argiades
Female Underside
Photo © traplican
Silver-Studded Blue - imago - Silchester Common - 22-Jun-06 (0340)
Silver-studded Blue
Plebeius argus
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
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Silver-studded Blue
Plebeius argus
Male Underside
Photo © Paul
Silver-Studded Blue - imago - Silchester Common - 14-Jun-04 (07)
Silver-studded Blue
Plebeius argus
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
Silver-Studded Blue - imago - Silchester Common - 14-Jun-04 (04)
Silver-studded Blue
Plebeius argus
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Brown Argus - imago - Ballard Down - 21-Jul-06 (0491)
Brown Argus
Aricia agestis
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Brown Argus (2nd brood), underside, 30th July 2009
Brown Argus
Aricia agestis
Male Underside
Photo © NickB
Brown Argus Female - Steyning, Sussex 17-Aug-09
Brown Argus
Aricia agestis
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Brown Argus Female - Steyning, Sussex 17-Aug-09
Brown Argus
Aricia agestis
Female Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
NBA artaxerxes Berwick 2009 2
Northern Brown Argus
Aricia artaxerxes
Male
Photo © Paul
NBA artaxerxes Berwick 2009 1
Northern Brown Argus
Aricia artaxerxes
Male Underside
Photo © Paul
Northern Brown Argus - imago - Port O Warren - Unknown date [Adrian Riley]
Northern Brown Argus
Aricia artaxerxes
Female
Photo © Adrian Riley
Northern Brown Argus Female - Arnside Knott, Lancs. 9-July-09
Northern Brown Argus
Aricia artaxerxes
Female Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Common Blue Male (second brood) - Chaldon, Surrey 6-Aug-09
Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus
Male
Photo © Vince Massimo
Common Blue Male - Crawley, Sussex 18-May-05
Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Common Blue Female - Crawley, Sussex 17-June-05
Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Common Blue - imago - Noar Hill - 31-Jul-04
Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Chalkhill Blue - imago - Stockbridge Down - 16-Jul-08 (10)
Chalkhill Blue
Lysandra coridon
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Chalkhill Blue Male - Birling Gap, Sussex 8-Aug-06
Chalkhill Blue
Lysandra coridon
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Chalkhill Blue - imago - Stockbridge Down - 06-Aug-09 (3)
Chalkhill Blue
Lysandra coridon
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
Chalkhill Blue - imago - Stockbridge Down - 23-Jul-08 (1)
Chalkhill Blue
Lysandra coridon
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Adonis Blue - imago - Martin Down - 21-Aug-06 (0709)
Adonis Blue
Lysandra bellargus
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Adonis Blue Male, Malling Down, Sussex 2-June-06
Adonis Blue
Lysandra bellargus
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Adonis Blue - imago - Martin Down - 21-May-08 (10)
Adonis Blue
Lysandra bellargus
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
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Adonis Blue
Lysandra bellargus
Female Underside
Photo © Paul
Mazarine Blue - imago - Bunderitsa Hut, Pirin, Bulgaria - 03-Jul-07 (1014)
Mazarine Blue
Cyaniris semiargus
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Mazarine Blue, male - Aggletek - Hungary - 17-June-09
Mazarine Blue
Cyaniris semiargus
Male Underside
Photo © Denise
Mazerine Blue,female - Aggletek - Hungary - 17-June-09
Mazarine Blue
Cyaniris semiargus
Female
Photo © Denise
Mazarine Blue - imago - Switzerland - Jun-06 (3) [Guy Padfield]
Mazarine Blue
Cyaniris semiargus
Female Underside
Photo © Guy Padfield
Holly Blue - imago - Thatcham - 29-March-09 (2)
Holly Blue
Celastrina argiolus
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Holly Blue 2009 Clive Burrows [Clive Burrows]
Holly Blue
Celastrina argiolus
Male Underside
Photo © Clive Burrows
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Holly Blue
Celastrina argiolus
Female
Photo © Paul
Holly Blue - imago - Thatcham - 23-Sep-04 [REARED]
Holly Blue
Celastrina argiolus
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
large blue male topside collard hill 09
Large Blue
Maculinea arion
Male
Photo © geniculata
large blue male, underside collard hill 09
Large Blue
Maculinea arion
Male Underside
Photo © geniculata
Large Blue - imago - Green Down - 25-Jun-06 (0397)
Large Blue
Maculinea arion
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
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Large Blue
Maculinea arion
Female Underside
Photo © Paul
Duke of Burgundy - imago - Nr Stockbridge - 28-April-09 (2)
Duke of Burgundy
Hamearis lucina
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Duke of Burgundy - imago - Noar Hill - 29-Apr-05 (19)
Duke of Burgundy
Hamearis lucina
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Duke of Burgundy - imago - Nr Stockbridge Down - 05-May-05 (8)
Duke of Burgundy
Hamearis lucina
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
duke of burgundy female, undersides near stockbridge down 06
Duke of Burgundy
Hamearis lucina
Female Underside
Photo © geniculata

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