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butterflies butterfly gallery ______________________________________________________________________ BUTTERFLY CHECKLIST (nomenclature after Dennis et al 2001) Hesperiidae Lulworth skipper Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg) Small skipper Thymelicus sylvestris (Poda) Large skipper Ochlodes faunus (Bremer & Grey) Dingy skipper Erynnis tages (Linnaeus) Mallow skipper Carcharodus alceae (Esper) Oberthur’s grizzled skipper Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthür) Hungarian skipper Spialia orbifer (Hübner)   Papilionidae Southern festoon Zerinthia polyxena (Denis & Schiffermüller) Swallowtail Papilio machaon Linnaeus Scarce swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius (Linnaeus)   Pieridae Eastern wood white Leptidea duponcheli (Staudinger) Wood white Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus) Large white Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus) Small white Pieris rapae (Linnaeus) Southern small white Pieris mannii (Mayer) Green-veined white Pieris napi (Linnaeus) Mountain small white Pieris ergane (Geyer) Krueper’s small white Pieris krueperi Staudinger Black-veined white Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus) Bath white Pontia edusa (Fabricius) Dappled white Euchloe ausonia (Hübner) Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus) Gruner’s orange-tip Anthocharis gruneri Herrich-Schäffer Clouded yellow Colias crocea (Geoffroy) Cleopatra Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus)   Lycaenidae Green hairstreak Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus) Ilex hairstreak Satyrium ilicis (Esper) Small copper Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus) Lesser fiery copper Lycaena thersamon (Esper) Grecian copper Lycaena ottomana (Lefebvre) Long-tailed blue Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus) Lang’s short-tailed blue Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus) Baton blue Pseudophilotes vicrama (Moore) Green-underside blue Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda) Iolas blue Glaucopsyche iolas (Ochsenheimer) Holly blue Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus) Silver-studded blue Plebeius argus (Linnaeus) Idas blue Plebeius idas (Linnaeus) Brown argus Polyommatus agestis (Denis & Schiffermüller) Chapman’s blue Polyommatus thersites (Cantener) Adonis blue Polyommatus bellargus (Rottemburg) Common blue Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg) Meleager’s blue Polyommatus daphnis (Denis & Schiffermüller) Grass Jewel Chilades trochylus (Freyer)   Nymphalidae Nettle-tree butterfly Libythea celtis (Laicharting) Two-tailed pasha Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus) Southern white admiral Limenitis reducta Staudinger Red admiral Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus) Painted lady Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) Large tortoiseshell Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus) Camberwell beauty Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus) Small tortoiseshell Aglais urticae (Linnaeus) Peacock Inachis io (Linnaeus) Comma Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus) Southern comma Polygonia egea (Cramer) Queen of Spain fritillary Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus) Cardinal Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller) Silver-washed fritillary Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus) Spotted fritillary Melitaea didyma (Esper) Lesser spotted fritillary Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermüller) Eastern rock grayling Hipparchia syriaca (Staudinger) Southern grayling Hipparchia senthes (Fruhstorfer) Tree grayling Hipparchia statilinus (Hufnagel) Freyer’s grayling Hipparchia fatua (Freyer) Great banded grayling Brintesia circe (Fabricius) Meadow brown Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus) Oriental meadow brown Hyponephele lupina (Costa) Small heath Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus) Speckled wood Parage aegeria (Linnaeus) Wall brown Lasiommata megera (Linnaeus) Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus) Lattice brown Kirina roxelana (Cramer) Marbled white Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus)   Unconfirmed species Inky skipper Erynnis marloyi (Boisduval) Oriental marbled skipper Carcharodus orientalis Reverdin Sloe hairstreak Satyrium acaciae (Fabricius) Blue-spot hairstreak Satyrium spini (Denis & Schiffermüller) Sooty copper Heodes tityrus (Poda) Amanda’s blue Polyommatus amandus (Schneider) Woodland grayling Hipparchia fagi (Scopoli)   Probable mis-identifications Eastern pale clouded yellow Colias erate (Esper) Mountain clouded yellow Colias phicomone (Esper) Pale clouded yellow Colias hyale (Linnaeus) Eastern orange-tip Anthocharis damone (Boisduval) Purple-edged copper Lycaena hippothoe (Linnaeus) False grayling Arethusana arethusa (Denis & Schiffermüller) Dusky meadow brown Hyponephele lycaon (Kühn)   Predicted species (see Dennis et al 2001) Powdered brimstone Goneptex farinosa (Zeller) Knapweed fritillary Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller) Large wall brown Lasiommata maera (Linnaeus) Balkan marbled white Melanargia larissa (Geyer)