A PHOTO FAUNA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Butterflies (Lepidoptera)

Blue, Common (Polyommatus icarus) - male     mating pair
Co-op Trail, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 15.05.04 (Public Location) SX 503 591

Blue, Common (Polyommatus icarus) - male
Co-op Trail, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 19.06.04 (Public Location) SX 503 591

Blue, Common (Polyommatus icarus) - female
Berry Head, nr. Brixham, Devon. 15.09.04 (Public Location)

Blue, Common (Polyommatus icarus) - female
South Devon Coast Path. Mothercombe, Devon. 09.08.05 (Public Location)

Blue, Common (Polyommatus icarus) - side-view
On Sorrel. Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 16.05.04 (Public Location)

Blue, Common (Polyommatus icarus) - side-view
Forder Valley LNR, Plymouth, Devon. 10.08.04 (Public Location)

Blue, Holly (Celastrina argiolus)     side-view (female)
Cann Woods, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon. 09.08.04 (Public Location)

Blue, Silver-studded (Plebeius argus) - male     female     male and female side-view
Dunes. Upton Towans, near Hayle, Cornwall. 16.06.06 (Public Location)

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) - side-view
Riverside Playing Fields, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 21.04.06 (Public Location)

Brown, Meadow (Maniola jurtina)
Co-op Trail, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 19.06.04 (Public Location) SX 503 591

Brown, Meadow (Maniola jurtina) - side-view
Co-op Trail, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 29.06.04 (Public Location) SX 503 591

Brown, Meadow (Maniola jurtina) - male
River Lynher, nr. Landrake, Cornwall. 03.07.04 (Private Location) SX 373 621

Brown, Wall (Lasiommata megera)     side-view
Kitt Hill, nr. Callington, Cornwall. 21.08.04 (Public Location)

Clouded Yellow (Colias crocea) - side-view     side-view 2
Penlee Point, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall. 13.08.06 (Public Location)

Comma (Polygonia c-album)     side-view
Wembury Point, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 07.08.04 (Public Location)

Comma (Polygonia c-album)     side-view
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 17.09.05 (Public Location)

Fritillary, Pearl-bordered (Clossiana euphrosyne)
Braunton Burrows, Braunton, Devon. 08.07.05 (Public Location)

Fritillary, Silver-washed (Argynnis paphia) - male     female
Cann Woods, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon. 09.08.04 (Public Location)

Fritillary, Silver-washed (Argynnis paphia) - female (side-view)
Brentor, nr. Tavistock, Devon. 16.08.05 (Private Location)

Fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered (Clossiana selene)     side-view
Stover Country Park, Newton Abbot, Devon. 24.06.05 (Public Location)

Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)     side-view
Penlee Point, Rame, Cornwall. 09.07.04 (Public Location)

Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
Co-op Trail, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 29.07.05 (Public Location) SX 503 591

Hairstreak, Green (Callophrys rubi)
On gorse. Lydford High Down, Lydford, Devon. 22.06.05 (Public Location)

Heath, Small (Coenonympha pamphilus) - side-view
Sharpitor, Dartmoor, Devon. 04.07.04 (Public Location)

Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) - male     side-view
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 10.04.05 (Private Location)

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)    side-view
Efford Marsh Local Nature Reserve, Plymouth, Devon. 12.08.04 (Public Location)

Peacock (Inachis io)
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 20.04.04 (Private Location)

Peacock (Inachis io)
Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 10.05.05 (Private Location)

Peacock (Inachis io)     side-view
Cycle track, Lydford, Devon. 16.08.05 (Public Location)

Peacock (Inachis io) - larvae
Hope's Nose, Torquay, Devon. 03.06.04 (Public Location)

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)     side-view
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 17.09.05 (Private Location)

Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
Forder Valley Local Nature Reserve, Plymouth, Devon. 28.06.04 (Public Location) SX 507 578

Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) - side-view
Co-op Trail, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 29.06.04 (Public Location) SX 499 591

Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) - side-view
River Lynher, nr. Landrake, Cornwall. 03.07.04 (Private Location) SX 373 621

Skipper, Small (Thymelicus sylvestris)     side view
Forder Valley Local Nature Reserve, Plymouth, Devon. 28.06.04 (Public Location) SX 507 578

Skipper, Small (Thymelicus sylvestris) - pair
Forder Valley Local Nature Reserve, Plymouth, Devon. 10.07.04 (Public Location) SX 507 578

Skipper, Large (Ochlodes venatus)
Co-op Trail, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 19.06.04 (Public Location) SX 503 591

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)     side-view
Forder Valley Local Nature Reserve, Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.04 (Public Location)

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)     side-view
Blackstone Point (National Trust), nr. Noss Mayo, Devon. 02.09.05 (Public Location)

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria f. tircis)
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 27.07.04 (Private Location)

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria f. tircis)     side-view
Wembury Point, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 07.08.04 (Public Location)

Tortoiseshell, Small (Aglais urticae)
Plym Bridge (South), Plymouth, Devon. 16.05.04 (Public Location)

White, Green-veined (Artogeia napi) - female     side-view
Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 19.07.04 (Private Location)

White, Green-veined (Artogeia napi) - side-view
Cann Woods, Plym Bridge, Plymouth, Devon. 09.08.04 (Public Location)

White, Large Cabbage (Pieris brassicae) - side-view
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 31.07.04 (Private Location)

White, Large Cabbage (Pieris brassicae)     side-view
Co-op Trail, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 29.07.05 (Public Location) SX 499 591

White, Large Cabbage (Pieris brassicae) - larvae     dead chrysalis
Blunts Lane Allotments, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 26.08.05 (Private Location)

White, Marbled (Melanargia galathea)     side-view
Forder Valley Local Nature Reserve, Plymouth, Devon. 28.06.04 (Public Location) SX 507 578

White, Marbled (Melanargia galathea)     underside
Warleigh Point, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon. 08.07.04 (Public Location)

White, Small Cabbage (Artogeia rapae)
Co-op Trail, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 19.06.04 (Public Location) SX 503 591

White, Small Cabbage (Artogeia rapae)
Co-op Trail, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 29.07.05 (Public Location) SX 503 591

Butterflies to identify -

Unknown Larvae
Blagdon's Meadow, Embankment Road, Plymouth, Devon. 09.04.06 (Public Location)

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