Butterflies of the West Midlands

Local Feature

• Brown Hairstreak

Click on the names below to see further information about each species from the Butterfly Conservation website.

Click this link for a full A-Z listing of UK butterflies from the Butterfly Conservation website.

The information page also has a link to the National Biodiversity Network Gateway where you can see a distribution atlas for each species.

Mail your local sightings to (To be advised)

Species Name Scientific Name UK BAP Status WM Status Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris Not listed Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola Not listed Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus Not listed Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages Priority Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae Priority Wood White Leptidea sinapis Priority Clouded Yellow Colias croceus Not assessed Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni Not listed Large White Pieris brassicae Not listed Small White Pieris rapae Not listed Green-veined White Pieris napi Not listed Orange Tip (Male) Anthocharis cardamines Not listed Orange Tip (Female) Anthocharis cardamines Not listed Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi Not listed Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae Priority Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus quercus Not listed White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album Priority Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas Not listed Small Blue Cupido minimus Proposed Priority Silver-studded Blue Plebeius argus Priority Brown Argus Plebeius agestis Not listed Common Blue (Male) Polyommatus icarus Not listed Common Blue (Female) Polyommatus icarus Not Listed Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus Not Listed White Admiral Limenitis camilla Priority Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta Not assessed Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Not assessed Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae Not listed Peacock Inachis io Not listed Comma Polygonia c-album Not listed Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene Priority Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne Priority High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe Priority Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja Not listed Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia Not listed Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria Not listed Wall Lasiommata megera Priority (Research) Marbled White Melanargia galathea Not listed Grayling Hipparchia semele Priority Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus Not listed Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina Not listed Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus Not listed Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus Priority (Research)