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Species

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Butterflies

High brown fritillary

High brown fritillary

Marsh fritillary

Marsh fritillary

Glanville fritillary

Glanville fritillary

Orange-tip Butterfly

Orange-tip

Common Blue butterfly male

Common blue

Small heath

Small heath

green hairstreak

Green hairstreak

Holly Blue butterfly

Holly blue

White-letter hairstreak butterfly

White-letter hairstreak

Purple Hairstreak butterfly

Purple hairstreak

Large Blue butterfly

Large blue

White admiral

White admiral

Black hairstreak butterfly

Black hairstreak

Purple emperor

Purple emperor

Humming-bird Hawk-moth

Humming-bird hawk-moth

Heath Fritillary butterfly

Heath fritillary

Red Admiral butterfly

Red admiral

Peacock butterfly

Peacock

Chalkhill Blue butterfly

Chalkhill blue

Small Tortoiseshell butterfly

Small tortoiseshell

Painted Lady butterfly

Painted lady

Adonis blue

Adonis blue

Comma butterfly

Comma

Small Blue butterfly

Small blue

Dark green fritillary

Dark green fritillary

Small Skipper

Small skipper

Grizzled skipper

Grizzled skipper

Silver-washed Fritillary

Silver-washed fritillary

Large Skipper

Large skipper

Dingy Skipper butterfly

Dingy skipper

Speckled Wood

Speckled wood

Swallowtail Butterfly

Swallowtail

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly

Small pearl-bordered fritillary

Wall Brown

Wall brown

Clouded Yellow Butterfly

Clouded yellow

Brown hairstreak butterfly

Brown hairstreak

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