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Butterflies in Wales

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A small copper butterfly by Ashley Cohen. This fast flying butterfly has bright copper-coloured forewings and is often found sunbathing on the ground.
A small copper butterfly by Ashley Cohen A common blue by Jeff Cohen A common blue by James Mclaren A comma butterfly in Cardiff by Katie White A red admiral by Tom A peacock butterfly A speckled wood butterfly by former ex-tog A painted lady butterfly by Ef-stop A small tortoiseshell butterfly by Ashley Cohen A small white butterfly by Irene Smith A green veined white butterfly by Ashley Cohen An orange-tip butterfly by Julian An adonis butterfly by David Curtis A small heath butterfly by Donna Marie A large skipper butterfly by Mike McCarthy A small skipper butterfly by Mike McCarthy A pearl bordered fritillary butterfly by Peter Eeles A marsh fritillary butterfly by Peter Eeles A silver shredded blue and gatekeeper butterfly by Brian Mottershead A gatekeeper butterfly by Mike McCarthy Common blue pair roosting by Dr Murray A female large white butterfly by Jeff Cohen A meadow brown butterfly by Ashley Cohen A wall butterfly by Mike Davies A male brimstone butterfly by Conny Carnuth Brown argus butterfly by James Small tortoiseshell by Bracken B

A collection of butterfly pictures taken in Wales by contributors to the website and our Flickr group.

If you'd like to find out more about butterflies then we recommend using the UK butterfly index website.


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