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A study by NERC in 2004 found there has been a species decline of 71% of butterfly species between 1983 and 2003. [3] The 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) listed 22 butterfly species. [4] The 2011 Red List of British butterflies lists 4 species as "regionally extinct" (RE), 2 as "critically endangered", 8 as "endangered (E), 9 as ...
Miletinae: harvesters (1 species) Lycaeninae: coppers (16 species) Theclinae: hairstreaks (90 species) Polyommatinae: blues (37 species) Riodinidae: metalmarks (28 species) Nymphalidae: brush-footed butterflies (233 species) Libytheinae: snouts (1 species) Heliconiinae: heliconians and fritillaries (40 species) Nymphalinae: true brushfoots (76 ...
Whites and sulphurs are small to medium-sized butterflies. Their wingspans range from 0.8 to 4.0 inches (2-10.2 cm). There are about 1,000 species worldwide with about 61 species in North America. Most whites and sulphurs are white, yellow, and orange with some black, and some may be various shades of gray green.
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia. [1] Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow, or orange in coloration, often with black spots.
Glassberg, Jeffrey Butterflies through Binoculars, The West (2001) Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. Butterflies of British Columbia (2001) James, David G. and Nunnallee, David Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies (2011) Pelham, Jonathan Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (2008)
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Images of butterflies and moths (1 F) P. Papilionoidea (6 C, 7 P) Σ. Butterfly stubs (7 C, 33 P) Pages in category "Butterflies"
Silver-spotted skipper, Epargyreus clarus Long-tailed skipper, Urbanus proteus Golden banded-skipper, Autochton cellus Common checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis Beautiful beamer, Phocides belus
The list is divided into five sections: List of butterflies of Europe (Papilionidae) - 13 species; List of butterflies of Europe (Pieridae) - 50 species; List of butterflies of Europe (Nymphalidae) - 232 species; List of butterflies of Europe (Lycaenidae) - 129 species; List of butterflies of Europe (Hesperiidae) - 47 species