page_title: List of butterflies of Great Britain
section_title: Nymphalidae – fritillaries, nymphalids and browns
hierarchical_section_title: List of butterflies of Great Britain / Nymphalidae – fritillaries, nymphalids and browns
caption_attribution_description: Pyronia tithonus, Amaryllis.
context_page_description: This is a list of butterflies of Great Britain, including extinct, naturalised species and those of dubious origin. The list comprises butterfly species listed in The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland by Emmet et al. and Britain's Butterflies by Tomlinson and Still.
  A study by NERC in 2004 found there has been a species decline of 71% of butterfly species between 1983 and 2003. Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan are indicated by a double-dagger symbol —two species so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk. Range expansions according to the 2010 Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland.
  Butterfly Conservation lists 29 of Great Britain's 58 breeding butterfly species as "High UK treat priority", with 9 of those with conservation priority status "Action urgent across UK range".
context_section_description: Subfamily Heliconiinae
  Small pearl-bordered fritillary – Boloria (Clossiana) selene ‡
  B. selene selene – widespread in Wales, Scotland, southern and northern England
  B. selene insularum – western Scotland and Inner Hebrides
  Pearl-bordered fritillary – Boloria (Clossiana) euphrosyne ‡
  – patchily distributed through southern England, Wales, north-west and north-east England, and Scotland
  High brown fritillary – Fabriciana adippe ‡
  – patchy distribution in west England and Wales
  Dark green fritillary – Speyeria aglaja
  S. aglaja aglaja – patchy distribution throughout, except Scotland
  S. aglaja scotica – Scotland
  Silver-washed fritillary – Argynnis paphia
  – south-western half of England and Wales; (re)expanding range east, including East Anglia
  Subfamily Limenitidinae
  White admiral – Limenitis camilla ‡
  – southern England and eastern Wales
  Subfamily Apaturinae
  Purple emperor – Apatura iris
  – southern England
  Subfamily Nymphalinae
  Red admiral – Vanessa atalanta
  – resident and common immigrant throughout
  Painted lady – Vanessa cardui
  – immigrant throughout
  Small tortoiseshell – Aglais urticae
  – throughout
  Peacock – Aglais io
  – throughout, except Scottish Highlands and Western Isles; expanding range throughout Scotland, including Western Isles
  Comma – Polygonia c-album
  – throughout England and Wales; expanding range northwards and spreading in southern Scotland
  Marsh fritillary – Euphydryas (Eurodryas) aurinia ‡
  – patchy distribution, mostly in west
  Glanville fritillary – Melitaea cinxia ‡
  – southern coast of Isle of Wight and Channel Islands (formerly widespread in south-east)
  Heath fritillary – Melitaea athalia ‡
  – West Country and Kent; re-introduced to Essex
  Subfamily Satyrinae
  Speckled wood – Pararge aegeria
  P. aegeria tircis – throughout southern third of Great Britain, Scottish Highlands; expanding range north and east in England and Scotland; has colonized Isle of Man
  P. aegeria oblita – western Scotland and Inner Hebrides
  P. aegeria insula – Isles of Scilly
  Wall – Lasiommata megera ‡*
  – throughout England and Wales, southern Scotland (localized); expanding north and "infilling", but declined rapidly inland in East Anglia
  Small mountain ringlet – Erebia epiphron ‡
  E. epiphron mnemon – Cumbria
  E. epiphron scotica – central Scotland
  Scotch argus – Erebia aethiops
  E. aethiops aethiops – Cumbria
  E. aethiops caledonia – Scotland
  Marbled white – Melanargia galathea serena
  – throughout south-east half of the country, including West Country, but not most of East Anglia; expanding range northwards
  Grayling – Hipparchia semele ‡
  H. semele semele – much of English coast, inland in parts of south and East Anglia
  H. semele scota – eastern Scotland (near coast)
  H. semele thyone – Wales
  H. semele atlantica – Hebrides
  Gatekeeper – Pyronia tithonus britanniae
  – throughout southern half of country, except central Wales; expanding range northwards
  Meadow brown – Maniola jurtina
  M. jurtina insularis – throughout (except for areas occupied by other subspecies)
  M. jurtina cassiteridum – Isles of Scilly
  M. jurtina splendida – western Scotland, including Hebrides
  Ringlet – Aphantopus hyperantus
  – throughout, except north-west England and north-west half of Scotland; expanding range in English Midlands, western England, English–Scottish borders, and Scotland; "infilling" southern Scotland
  Small heath – Coenonympha pamphilus ‡*
  C. pamphilus pamphilus – throughout, except far north and Hebrides
  C. pamphilus rhoumensis – Hebrides
  Large heath – Coenonympha tullia ‡
  C. tullia davus – patchy distribution throughout northern and central England
  C. tullia polydama – central-west and north Wales, northern England and southern Scotland
  C. tullia scotica – rest of Scotland
caption: Gatekeeper
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