Butterflies by Species select Adonis Blue Apollo Bath White Berger's Clouded Yellow Black Hairstreak Black-veined White Brimstone Brown Argus Brown Hairstreak Camberwell Beauty Chalkhill Blue Chequered Skipper Clouded Yellow Comma Common Blue Dark Green Fritillary Dingy Skipper Duke of Burgundy Essex Skipper Gatekeeper Geranium Bronze Glanville Fritillary Grayling Green Hairstreak Green-veined White Grizzled Skipper Heath Fritillary High Brown Fritillary Holly Blue Large Blue Large Chequered Skipper Large Copper British Race Large Heath Large Skipper Large Tortoiseshell Large Wall Large White Long-tailed Blue Lulworth Skipper Mallow Skipper Map Marbled White Marsh Fritillary Mazarine Blue Meadow Brown Monarch Mountain Dappled White Mountain Ringlet Niobe Fritillary Northern Brown Argus Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper Orange-tip Painted Lady Pale Clouded Yellow Peacock Pearl-bordered Fritillary Purple Emperor Purple Hairstreak Queen of Spain Fritillary Real's Wood White Red Admiral Ringlet Scarce Copper Scarce Swallowtail Scotch Argus Short-tailed Blue Silver-spotted Skipper Silver-studded Blue Silver-washed Fritillary Small Blue Small Copper Small Heath Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Small Skipper Small Tortoiseshell Small White Sooty Copper Speckled Wood Swallowtail British Race Swallowtail European Race The Hermit Turquoise blue Wall Brown Weaver's Fritillary White Admiral White-letter Hairstreak Wood White Butterflies by Family select Hesperiidae Lycaenidae Nymphalidae Papilionidae Pieridae Other Wildlife Other Wildlife Amphibians Birds Dragonflies Mammals Moths Orchids Reptiles Wild Flowers HOMEBUTTERFLIESFORUMPHOTO LIBRARYDOWNLOADSBLOGGSHOPLINKSABOUTCONTACT Hesperiidae Lycaenidae Nymphalidae Papilionidae Pieridae   You can also view an alphabetical list of species by common name or by latin name.     Butterflies by Family Select Hesperiidae Lycaenidae Nymphalidae Papilionidae Pieridae   Butterflies of western Scotland The following species are known to occur in the western region of Scotland. Please note that this list excludes rare migrant species and species which are now extinct in the UK. It should also be noted that those species listed may have a limited distribution within the region. In all cases, please refer to the distribution maps shown on the individual species pages. Family Hesperiidae Skippers (3) Chequered Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages Large Skipper Ochlodes venata Family Pieridae The Whites and Yellows (5) Clouded Yellow Colias croceus Green-veined White Pieris napi Large White Pieris brassicae Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines Small White Pieris rapae Family Nymphalidae Fritillaries, Emperors and Admirals (17) Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja Grayling Hipparchia semele Large Heath Coenonympha tullia Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Mountain Ringlet Erebia epiphron Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Peacock Inachis io Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Scotch Argus Erebia aethiops Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Wall Brown Lasiommata megera Family Papilionidae Swallowtails (0) Family Lycaenidae Blues, Coppers and Hairstreaks (5) Common Blue Polyommatus icarus Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi Northern Brown Argus Aricia artaxerxes Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus quercus Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Main Content More Content Further Information Species List - Species List (text only) Photo Image Library Amphibians - Reptiles Aberrant Forms - Known Aberrants List by Species Free documents and guides to download Dragonflies and Damselflies   Distribution Maps & Flight Times   Gardening for Butterflies   Moths   Lifecycle Charts - Illustrated Lifecycle Guide to Rearing British Butterflies Wild Flowers - Orchids Protected Species & UK Law - Butterfly Collectors Technical Terms Recommended Web Links Butterflies in Winter List of References - Book Reviews   All text, photographs, images & other graphic elements used on this web site are copyright Steven Cheshire 2000 - unless otherwise stated. current visitors 895 British Butterflies is Carbon Neutral