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.           September... the days get shorter... temperatures start to fall and the number of butterfly species on the wing slowly drops (now down to 34 species) but Adonis Blue, Common Blue, Peaocks, Small Tortoiseshell, Painted Lady, Wall and Speckled Wood can still be seen in good numbers.   Adonis Blue 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 Essex Skipper more information Gatekeeper more information Grayling more information Green-veined White more information High Brown Fritillary more information Holly Blue more information Large White more information Lulworth Skipper more information Meadow Brown more information Painted Lady more information Pale Clouded Yellow more information Peacock more information Purple Hairstreak more information Red Admiral more information Scotch Argus more information Silver-spotted Skipper more information Silver-washed Fritillary more information Small Blue more information Small Copper more information Small Heath more information Small Skipper more information Small Tortoiseshell more information Small White more information Speckled Wood more information Wall Brown more information White-letter Hairstreak more information   All text, photographs, images & other graphic elements used on this web site are copyright Steven Cheshire 2000 - unless otherwise stated.   Recomm