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orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines), wood white (Leptidea sinapis), marbled white (Melanargia galathea), speckled wood (Pararge aegeria), wall brown (Lasiommata megera), rock grayling (Hipparchia semele) Plate V. from W. S. Coleman's British Butterflies (1860).
1. Orange Tip, 1 a, female. = orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
2. Wood White. = wood white (Leptidea sinapis)
3. Marbled White. = marbled white (Melanargia galathea)
4. Wood Argus. (Speckled Wood.) = speckled wood (Pararge aegeria)
5. Wall. = wall butterfly, wall brown (Lasiommata megera)
6. Grayling. = rock grayling (Hipparchia semele)
Date 11 October 2010
Source W. S. Coleman's British Butterflies
Author Keith Edkins
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colemans_British_Butterflies_Plate_V.png
The orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. The orange tip is found across Europe, and eastwards into temperate Asia as far as Japan.
The wood white (Leptidea sinapis) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in Europe and eastwards across the Caucasus, Asia Minor, the Middle East, Middle Asia, Kazakhstan and south Siberia to the Baikal region.
The marbled white (Melanargia galathea) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Found across most of Europe, southern Russia, Asia Minor and Iran.
The speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) is a butterfly found in and on the borders of woodland areas throughout much of the Palearctic ecozone.
The wall butterfly or wall brown (Lasiommata megera) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (subfamily Satyrinae). It is widespread in the Palearctic realm with a large variety of habitats and number of generations a year.
The grayling butterfly or rock grayling (Hipparchia semele) is a species in the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. It is found in Europe below 63°N eastwards to extreme western Russia.
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