Pocket Guide to Butterflies

Bob Gibbons is a renowned botanist, author and tour leader who is based in Dorset but has travelled across much of Europe and the world in search of wildlife. His previous titles include Wildflower Wonders, Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Insects and Bloomsbury Pocket Guide to Trees and Shrubs.

• Introduction Skippers, Hesperiidae Dingy Skipper Grizzled Skipper Chequered Skipper Mallow Skipper Small Skipper Essex Skipper Lulworth Skipper Large Skipper Silver-spotted Skipper Swallowtails and Apollos, Papilionidae Swallowtail Scarce Swallowtail Whites and Yellows, Pieridae Wood White Black-veined White Orange-tip Large White Small White Green-veined White Bath White Clouded Yellow Pale Clouded Yellow Berger's Clouded Yellow Brimstone RiodinidaeDuke of Burgundy Coppers, Hairstreaks and Blues, Lycaenidae Small Copper Large Copper Brown Hairstreak Purple Hairstreak Green Hairstreak White-letter Hairstreak Black Hairstreak Long-tailed Blue Small Blue Holly Blue Short-tailed Blue Green-underside Blue Large Blue Silver-studded Blue Brown Argus Northern Brown Argus Mazarine Blue Common Blue Adonis Blue Chalkhill Blue Brush-footed or Four-footed Butterflies, Nymphalidae: FritillariesDark Green Fritillary High Brown Fritillary Silver-washed Fritillary Niobe Fritillary Queen of Spain Fritillary Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Pearl-bordered Fritillary Marsh Fritillary Meadow Fritillary Glanville Fritillary Heath Fritillary AristocratsRed Admiral Painted Lady Peacock Small Tortoiseshell Comma Large Tortoiseshell Camberwell Beauty Map Butterfly White Admiral Southern White Admiral Purple Emperor Poplar Admiral Lesser Purple Emperor BrownsSpeckled Wood Wall Large Wall Brown Gatekeeper Ringlet Meadow Brown Small Heath Pearly Heath Large Heath Scotch Argus Mountain Ringlet Marbled White Grayling GlossaryBibliographyUseful WebsitesOrganisationsIndex