Sussex Butterflies Large White to Peacock Photo Gallery Index

The Sussex Wildlifer Sussex Butterfly Identification Photo Gallery Large White to Peacock All images on this web site are copyright © Paul Lister/The Sussex Wildlifer 2010
Click thumbnail for enlarged view	Species Name Location and Date Dimensions Normal Main Flight Period	Distinguishing Features and Comments
	Large White Maentwrog: 5 August 2005 Wingspan 60mm April-October	The sizes of the small and large whites can often overlap. Look at how far the dark wing tip marking trails down the hind edge.
	Large White Bedelands: 22 May 2007 Wingspan 60mm April-October	See above.
	Large White Bedelands: 22 May 2007 Wingspan 60mm April-October	See above.
	Marbled White Cissbury Ring: 10 July 2007 Wingspan 50mm June-August	These great looking butterflies are now spreading away from their more traditional locations and are being seen locally in greater numbers.
	Marbled White Cissbury Ring: 10 July 2007 Wingspan 50mm June-August	See above.
	Marbled White Sheffield Park Woods: 19 July 2008 Wingspan 50mm June-August	A good year on the reserve this, with over double the numbers seen last year. Here an image of the underside of the wing.
	Meadow Brown Blunts Wood & Paiges Meadows:2 July 2007 Wingspan 50mm June-October	Note the one eyespot, as compared to the two on the gatekeepers.
	Meadow Brown Bedelands: 29 August 2006 Wingspan 50mm June-October	See above.
	Northern Brown Argus Co. Durham: 9 June 2007 Wingspan 25mm June-July	A real specialist this butterfly, needing to feed on rock-rose, which in this instance was found in an old disused quarry at Bishop Middleham, south of Durham. Note the small sub-marginal row of orange spots.
	Orange Tip Bedelands: 27 April 2007 Wingspan 40mm April-June	Female orange tip, which in flight can be confused with the other whites. Close up there is no mistaking the wonderful patterns.
	Orange Tip Bedelands: 11 May 2007 Wingspan 40mm April-June	The male of the species and one that really is quite hard to get close to.
	Orange Tip Bedelands: 25 April 2008 Wingspan 40mm April-June	Female in co-operative mood!
	Orange Tip Bedelands: 25 April 2008 Wingspan 40mm April-June	See above.
	Orange Tip Blunts Wood: 30 May 2010 Wingspan 40mm April-June	Coming to the end of the season. Male underside view.
	Orange Tip Blunts Wood: 30 May 2010 Wingspan 40mm April-June	As above. Male top view.
	Painted Lady Dungeness: 6 August 2006 Wingspan 60mm March-November	This is a migratory species, which often flies across the channel in large numbers. In 2007 several dozen were seen on Inner Farne Island off the Northumbrain coast.
	Painted Lady Haywards Heath Garden: 5 June 2007 Wingspan 60mm March-November	See above.
	Painted Lady Haywards Heath Garden: 5 June 2007 Wingspan 60mm March-November	See above.
	Peacock Dungeness: 6 August 2006 Wingspan 60mm March-May and July-September	Who says we don't have a butterfly to compare with the best of the rest of the world? Striking with its wings open, the undersides are very dark, which helps this insect blend into the background.
	Peacock Haywards Heath Garden: 2 April 2007 Wingspan 60mm March-May and July-September	See above.
	Peacock Blunts Wood: 26April 2008 Wingspan 60mm March-May and July-September	Unlike many other species, this has been a good year for peacocks, which have survived the winter in abundance.
	Peacock Bedelands: 25 July 2008 Wingspan 60mm March-May and July-September	An excellent year for this great species.
	Peacock Caterpillar Blunts Wood:18 June 2009	No mistaking this on its foodsource.

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