Butterflies
A selection of some of the most common butterflies to be found in the UK
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Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni	Comma Polygonia c-album	Common Blue Polyommatus icarus	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Green Veined White Pieris napi
Large Skipper Ochlodes venata	Large White Pieris brassicae	Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina	Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines	Painted Lady Cynthia cardui
Peacock Inachis io	Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta	Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia	Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas	Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae	Small White Pieris rapae	Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria

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