Welcome to the Cambridgeshire & Essex Photo page for butterfly (and moth) images sent in to our Sightings page.
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 Painted Lady Abberton Reservoir & Roman River SSSI (TL962177) 27/06/25 © David Lazarus Painted Lady Abberton Reservoir & Roman River SSSI (TL962177) 27/06/25 © David Lazarus |  Purple Hairstreak Abberton Reservoir & Roman River SSSI (TL962177) 27/06/25 © David Lazarus Purple Hairstreak Abberton Reservoir & Roman River SSSI (TL962177) 27/06/25 © David Lazarus |  Purple emperor WWb Woodwalton Fen (TL230849) 27/06/25 © Alan Owers Purple emperor WWb Woodwalton Fen (TL230849) 27/06/25 © Alan Owers |  Purple emperor WWa Woodwalton Fen (TL230849) 27/06/25 © Alan Owers Purple emperor WWa Woodwalton Fen (TL230849) 27/06/25 © Alan Owers |
 Purple Emperor Monks Wood (TL205805) 27/06/25 © Alan Owers Purple Emperor Monks Wood (TL205805) 27/06/25 © Alan Owers |  Comma Hatfield Forest (TL535212) 26/06/25 © David Lazarus Comma Hatfield Forest (TL535212) 26/06/25 © David Lazarus |  Silver-washed Fritillary Hatfield Forest (TL535212) 26/06/25 © David Lazarus Silver-washed Fritillary Hatfield Forest (TL535212) 26/06/25 © David Lazarus |  Ringlet Hatfield Forest (TL535212) 26/06/25 © David Lazarus Ringlet Hatfield Forest (TL535212) 26/06/25 © David Lazarus |
 Small Skipper female Great Staughton Meadow (TL127646) 25/06/25 © Steve Binding Small Skipper female Great Staughton Meadow (TL127646) 25/06/25 © Steve Binding |  Small Tortoiseshell Baddow Meads (TL728061) 25/06/25 © David Lazarus Small Tortoiseshell Baddow Meads (TL728061) 25/06/25 © David Lazarus |  Marbled White Baddow Meads (TL728061) 25/06/25 © David Lazarus Marbled White Baddow Meads (TL728061) 25/06/25 © David Lazarus |  Ringlet Lingwood Common (TL775059) 25/06/25 © David Lazarus Ringlet Lingwood Common (TL775059) 25/06/25 © David Lazarus |
 Silver-washed Fritillary Lingwood Common (TL775059) 25/06/25 © David Lazarus Silver-washed Fritillary Lingwood Common (TL775059) 25/06/25 © David Lazarus |  Purple Emperor Roughtalleys Wood Local Nature Reserve (TL488036) 25/06/25 © Tom Simon Purple Emperor Roughtalleys Wood Local Nature Reserve (TL488036) 25/06/25 © Tom Simon |  Large & Green-veined White Belton Hills to Benfleet Downs (TQ785857) 23/06/25 © David Lazarus Large & Green-veined White Belton Hills to Benfleet Downs (TQ785857) 23/06/25 © David Lazarus |  White-letter Hairstreak Belton Hills to Benfleet Downs (TQ785857) 23/06/25 © David Lazarus White-letter Hairstreak Belton Hills to Benfleet Downs (TQ785857) 23/06/25 © David Lazarus |
 Purple Hairstreak Belton Hills to Benfleet Downs (TQ785857) 23/06/25 © David Lazarus Purple Hairstreak Belton Hills to Benfleet Downs (TQ785857) 23/06/25 © David Lazarus |  Marbled White, Loshes Reserve Loshes Meadow (TL871369) 22/06/25 © Gerard Fletcher & James Elsey Marbled White, Loshes Reserve Loshes Meadow (TL871369) 22/06/25 © Gerard Fletcher & James Elsey |  Silver-washed Fritillary Castor Hanglands NNR 21/06/25 © Matthew Webb Silver-washed Fritillary Castor Hanglands NNR 21/06/25 © Matthew Webb |  Purple Hairstreak Castor Hanglands NNR 21/06/25 © Matthew Webb Purple Hairstreak Castor Hanglands NNR 21/06/25 © Matthew Webb |