HOMEBUTTERFLIESPLACESENVIRONMENTLAWPHOTO LIBRARYBLOGGBUTTERFLY BOOKSLINKSABOUTCONTACT   View species active (on the wing as adults) in a particular month: Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Show All | Life Cycles | The following species are likely to be active as adult butterflies during the months shown below.           August and its summer holiday time... and our grasslands are full of colourful jewels. 51 species can be seen including the Common Blue, Chalkhill Blue, Adonis Blue, Clouded Yellow, Painted Lady, Peacock and Small Copper... but for many species, their year is almost at an end.   Adonis Blue more information Black-veined White more information Brimstone more information Brown Argus more information Brown Hairstreak more information Chalkhill Blue more information Clouded Yellow more information Comma more information Common Blue more information Dark Green Fritillary more information Dingy Skipper more information Essex Skipper more information Gatekeeper more information Glanville Fritillary more information Grayling more information Green-veined White more information Heath Fritillary more information High Brown Fritillary more information Holly Blue more information Large Chequered Skipper more information Large Copper British Race more information Large Skipper more information Large Tortoiseshell more information Large White more information Lulworth Skipper more information Marbled White more information Meadow Brown more information Northern Brown Argus more information Painted Lady more information Pale Clouded Yellow more information Peacock more information Purple Emperor more information Purple Hairstreak more information <