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 Flight Charts - March As March arrives, the average daytime temperatures increase as do the number of butterflies (up to 5 species) and you are more likely to see Peacock, Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshell and Comma along with Red Admiral on sunny days. These pioneering individuals seek out any available nectar sources and can often be found feeding on catkins. Its these early butterflies which will mate and produce offspring which will grace our gardens later in the summer months.   Lifecycle & Flight Charts     Want to know what time of year you can see different butterflies? UK distribution maps with flight times: view all species   Brimstone Comma Peacock Red Admiral Small Tortoiseshell 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 857 British Butterflies is Carbon Neutral