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Marbled Whites copulating -  Matt Lilley Common Blues mating -  Chris Barnes Small Skippers - Chris Barnes
3. Marbled Whites
Copulating
© Matt Lilley
18. Common Blues
Mating
© Chris Barnes
19. Small Skippers
Mating
© Chris Barnes
Small Blues - Chris Barnes Gatekeepers mating -  Chris Barnes Green-veined Whites - Chris Barnes
20. Small Blues
Mating
© Chris Barnes
21. Gatekeepers
Mating
© Chris Barnes
22. Green-veined Whites
Mating
© Chris Barnes
Small Copper on deer droppings - Peter Clarke Small Heath pair - Peter Clarke Meadow Brown pair - Chris Newman
29. Small Copper
Feeding on deer droppings
© Peter Clarke
31. Small Heaths
Mating
© Peter Clarke
37. Meadow Browns
Mating
© Chris Newman
Large Skippers - Keith Winch Chalkhill Blues mating - Lucy Claxton Dark Green Fritlllaries mating - Lucy Claxton
53. Large Skippers
© Keith Winch
54. Chalkhill Blues
Mating
© Lucy Claxton
55. Dark Green Fritlllaries
Mating
© Lucy Claxton
Dark Green Fritlllaries mating - Lucy Claxton Chalkhill Blue - Lucy Claxton Small Blue - Lucy Claxton
56. Dark Green Fritlllaries
Mating
© Lucy Claxton
57. Chalkhill Blue
© Lucy Claxton
58. Small Blue
Displaying
© Lucy Claxton
Red Admiral - Dee Cullen Small Blues - Malcolm Hull Green-veined Whites - Malcolm Hull
72. Red Admiral
On guard
© Dee Cullen
73. Small Blues
Mating
© Malcolm Hull
74. Green-veined Whites
Mating
© Malcolm Hull
Small Coppers - Malcolm Hull Grizzled Skipper - Andrew Wood Orange Underwing - Andrew Wood
75. Small Coppers
Feeding
© Malcolm Hull
82. Grizzled Skipper
Dew-covered roosting
Waterford Heath
© Andrew Wood
85. Orange Underwing
Mud-puddling
Balls Wood
© Andrew Wood
PurpleHairstreak - Andrew Wood Dingy Skippers - Haydn Matthews Orange-tips - Haydn Matthews
87. Purple Hairstreak
Feeding on honeydew
© Andrew Wood
106. Dingy Skippers
Mating
© Haydn Matthews
107. Orange-tips
Mating
© Haydn Matthews
Long-tailed Blue - Peter Fewell 6-spot Burnets - Ian Small Brimstone - Annie Sutcliffe
113. Long-tailed Blue
Whitehawk Hill, Brighton
© Peter Fewell
115. 6-spot Burnets
Mating
Hexton Chalk Pit
© Ian Small
122. Brimstone
Ovipositing
© Annie Sutcliffe
White Admiral - Peter Fewell Silver-spotted Skipper - Peter Fewell Small Skippers mating - Ian Flack
124. White Admiral
On mineral salts
Fermyn Woods
© Peter Fewell
127. Silver-spotted Skipper
Egg-laying
Newtimber Hill, Sussex
© Peter Fewell
135. Small Skippers
Mating
© Ian Flack
Orange-tip - Ian Flack Small Whites on mud scrape - Ian Flack  
136. Orange-tip
© Ian Flack
137. Small Whites
On mud scrape
© Ian Flack
 

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