British Butterflies - An Online Guide by Steven Cheshire
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Family Hesperiidae Family Lycaenidae Family Nymphalidae Family Papilionidae Family Pieridae
Hesperiidae Lycaenidae Nymphalidae Papilionidae Pieridae
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Butterfly Species by Family Papilionidae
Resident Species (1)
Click for futher details about the Swallowtail British Race. Swallowtail British Race
Papilio machaon
Rare Migrant Species (2) (species which rarely occur in Britain)
Click for futher details about the Scarce Swallowtail. Scarce Swallowtail
Iphiclides podalirius
Click for futher details about the Swallowtail European Race. Swallowtail European Race
Papilio gorganus
Extinct Species (1) (species once present in Britain but now extinct)
Click for futher details about the Apollo. Apollo
Parnassius apollo
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