Please click on the species you would like to know more about.

You will be given map references for the best Norfolk sites.

If you would like to know more about the distribution and life cycles of these, and all other, species
normally occuring in Norfolk, you might find the Norfolk Butterfly Atlas useful as it gives full details.
For information please click here Norfolk Millennium Atlas.

Species Name Scientific Name UK BAP Status Swallowtail Papilio machaon Status Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja Status Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus Status White-letter Hairstreak Strymonidia w-album Status Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages Status Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae Status White Admiral Ladoga camilla Status Grayling Hipparchia semele Status