First branch Scotch Argus report in 2024! See record at cumbria-butterflies.org.uk/sightings (file photo).

Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma) photographed today on the steep slopes of Fontmell Down in Dorset. Dorset Wildlife Trust Team4Nature

Bit damp in Bhutan but that couldn't dampen our spirits, especially when the number 1 butterfly target was found - the national butterfly of Bhutan, Ludlow's Bhutan Glory (Bhutanitis ludlowi).

This Long-tailed Blue has been spotted near Shrewsbury Park in Greenwich. Its a rare migrant and summer-breeding species, but unable to overwinter in the UK. Only 5 other records on iRecord this year in southern England. 📷John Denton 👉bit.ly/3yBsMS0 Butterfly Conservation Kent & SE London

Despite a stiff breeze and poor visibility, we saw plenty of Grayling on our field trip to Gwennap Head. Jerry knew where the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Copper and Green Hairstreak might be found - and astonishingly, we saw some Green Hairstreak on 15th August!

A couple of 2nd generation Adonis Blue at Ulwell this morning. Also, several fresh Common Blue including this lovely female, plus a few Small Copper at last 😀 BC Dorset 🦋 The British Nature Guide Dorset Wildlife Spot UK Butterflies

FINALLY an American Copper showed up in our meadow. I've been waiting! Wisconsin DNR NabaButterfly Butterfly Conservation 🦋

Another sighting of Long-tailed Blue in the Upper Thames yesterday. Claire Williams took these photos at West Wycombe Hill.

I wasn't expecting to see a Plain Tiger on the clifftop at Bockhill yesterday!

The Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) did not like the wet winter and spring, numbers are the lowest since the start of the Dutch Butterfly Monitoring. No doubt the species will bounce back once we have another dry year.

☀️ Morning visit to Fontmell Down good to see 4 Silver-spotted Skipper also one Chalk-hill Blue among the many Adonis 😀 BC Dorset 🦋 Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Spot

Brilliant work by the EBG, so valuable to get proper surveys done of these endangered species

Big influx of Red Admirals. Moving inland at approx 100 per minute. Migrant Lepidoptera Butterfly Conservation Kent & SE London

Strong migration of Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) this morning as picked up on a bird migration site near the coast in SW NL. 4033 Red Admirals in 4.35h, so almost 15 per minute. trektellen.org/count/view/11/…

☀️ Best transect record of the year at UKBMS Live Data Southbourne Seafront today.🦋 inc 8 Painted Lady, 18 Red Admiral & 9 Small Copper. Many whites on the Undercliff but no Clouded Yellow as yet🤞 BC Dorset 🦋 Butterfly Conservation 🦋

The Southern Small White (Pieris mannii, scheefbloemwitje) is the most abundant Pieris-white in my village at the moment, which is for the first time. The species apparently profited from the combination of a wet spring and a hot summer.

What a great butterfly day. Found 2 Long-tailed Blues at Southbourne Undercliff (a first for Hengistbury Head and officially the 1000th butterfly and moth species). Clouded Yellows, Small Coppers, Painted Ladies, Red Admiral, Small Heath, many Whites BC Dorset 🦋 Butterfly Conservation 🦋

🇪🇸 New sighting for me today on the Spanish south coast, the delightful Desert Orange Tip - Colotis evagore. The small colony was very active in the early morning ☀️ Many thanks to Andrew 02 😀 BC Europe ZERYNTHIA