Hertfordshire and Middlesex Branch of Butterfly Conservation

The Nymphalidae family part 2
(Nymphalinae)

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Camberwell Beauty (nymphalis antiopa)

Red Admiral (vanessa atalanta)

Painted Lady (vanessa cardui)

Large Tortoiseshell (nymphalis polychloros)

Small Tortoiseshell (aglais urticae)

Peacock (inachis io)

Comma (polygonia c-album)

The Nymphalidae family part 1 ~ White Admiral & Purple Emperor only

The Nymphalidae family part 3 ~ Fritillaries

Photo House Index

Species Name

Scientific Name

Branch Status

Camberwell Beauty

nymphalis antiopa

Rare Migrant

1st September 2006
Sawbridgeworth, Herts
© photo: Lisa Collins

27th August 2006
Bedfont Lakes, Middlesex
© photo: Richard Staines 27th August 2006
Bedfont Lakes, Middlesex
© photo: Richard Staines 27th August 2006
Bedfont Lakes, Middlesex
© photo: Richard Staines

25th August 2006
Sussex
© photo: Steve Lane 25th August 2006
Sussex
© photo: Ian Hardy 25th August 2006
Sussex
© photo: Steve Lane

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Red Admiral	vanessa atalanta	Common Migrant

egg Tring © photo: Nick Bowles	1st instar larva on 12th November 2006! Tring © photo: Nick Bowles	Parasitic wasp close to Red Admiral egg? Tring © photo: Nick Bowles

Red Admiral ova - November 2007! Tring © photo: Nick Bowles	Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson	Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson

Hayes, Middlesex © photo: Helen George	Stanwell Moor garden © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor garden © photo: Dave Miller

Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson	Watford © photo: Archie Lang

13th November 2006 Hayes, Middlesex © photo: Helen George	8th March 2007 Kew Gardens © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Inns Lake © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Bengeo © photo: Andrew Wood	1st November 2006! Bengeo © photo: Andrew Wood	29th October 2006! Harpenden © photo: Richard Harrington

Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson	Stevenage © photo: Lee Browne	4 Red Admirals on 27th October 2006 Hampstead © photo: Mark Barclay

Stockers Farm © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Stockers Farm © photo: Sezar Hikmet	1 Red Admiral on 15th November 2006 Hampstead © photo: Mark Barclay

© photo: Richard Bigg	© photo: Andrew Wood	© photo: Liz Goodyear

© photo: Clive Burrows	© photo: Archie Lang	© photo: Marion Moss

© photo: Steven Penn	© photo: Andrew Wood	Bricket Wood © photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Painted Lady	vanessa cardui	Migrant

Egg laid 10th May 2003 © photo: Helen Bantock	Empty egg case 17th May 2003 © photo: Andrew Middleton	Larva 24th May 2003 © photo: Andrew Middleton

Larva 4th June 2003 © photo: Andrew Middleton	Pupa 10th June 2003 © photo: Andrew Middleton	Pupa changing colour 18th June 2003 © photo: Andrew Middleton

Emerged 18th June 2003 © photo: Andrew Middleton	Fully emerged 18th June 2003 © photo: Andrew Middleton	Waterford Heath 7th May 2006 © photo: Sandra Standbridge

	Painted Lady Ovaltine Fields, Abbots Langley © photo: Clive Burrows

Fir & Pond Wood © photo: David Gompertz	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Ruislip © photo: Graham Elcombe

Isle of Wight © photo: Steve Lane	Fishers Green © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Northaw Great Wood © photo: Chris Beach

© photo: Clive Burrows	© photo: Clive Burrows	© photo: Allen Beechey

© photo: Frank Johnson	© photo: Bob Clift	© photo: Peter Clarke

© photo: Malcolm Newland	© photo: Lee Browne	© photo: Steven Penn

© photo: Frank Johnson	© photo: David Newland	© photo: Nick Sampford

© photo: Bob Clift	© photo: Archie Lang	© photo: Allen Beechey

© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Liz Goodyear	Colney Heath © photo: Jez Perkins

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Large Tortoiseshell	nymphalis polychloros	Extinct/Very Rare Migrant

26th April 2009 Pegsdon Hills, Bedfordshire © photo: Ian Small	26th April 2009 Pegsdon Hills, Bedfordshire © photo: Ian Small	26th April 2009 Pegsdon Hills, Bedfordshire © photo: Ian Small


	21st June 2001 Suffolk © photo: Nick Sampford

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Small Tortoiseshell	aglais urticae	Resident

	Small Tortoiseshell larvae © photo: Simon Rasch

Small Tortoiseshell larvae © photo: Andrew Wood	Small Tortoiseshell larvae © photo: Lee Browne	© photo: Clare Gray


Small Tortoiseshell larvae on the move © photo: Andrew Wood


Bengeo © photo: Steve Kiln	Bengeo © photo: Steve Kiln	Woodoaks Farm, Maple Cross © photo: Steve Pash

Wheathampstead LNR © photo: Robin Pearson	Wheathampstead LNR © photo: Robin Pearson

Ruislip Lido © photo: Steve Pash	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Abbots Langley © photo: Clive Burrows

Aberrant Small Tortoiseshell 31st August 2001 Stoke Goldington (Bucks) © photo: Keith Mitchell	© photo: Andrew Wood	© photo: Steve Lane

© photo: Keith Mitchell	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Nick Sampford

© photo: Bob Clift	© photo: Archie Lang	© photo: Clive Burrows

Hemel Hempstead © photo: Paula Greenaway	© photo: Bob Clift

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Peacock	Inachis io	Resident

Peacock larvae © photo: Andrew Wood	Peacock larvae © photo: Liz Goodyear	© photo: Lee Browne

Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Maple Cross © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Ware © photo: Andrew Wood	Stanmore © photo: Steve Bolsover	Stockers Lake © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Abbots Langley © photo: Clive Burrows	Epping © photo: Mark Barclay	Epping © photo: Mark Barclay

Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane

© photo: Andrew Middleton	© photo: Brian Rusby	© photo: Clive Burrows

© photo: Lee Browne	© photo: Archie Lang	© photo: Clive Burrows

© photo: Steve Lane	© photo: Lee Browne	© photo: Archie Lang

© photo: Frank Johnson	© photo: Douglas Penn	Ickenham © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Comma	polygonia c-album	Resident

Comma larvae © photo: Andrew Wood	Comma larvae on sallow © photo: Andrew Middleton

River Colne to Jnct 4 M25 walk © photo: Dave Miller	River Colne to Jnct 4 M25 walk © photo: Dave Miller

Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Broxbourne Wood © photo: Marion Moss

Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller

Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson	Stanwell Moor village © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor village © photo: Dave Miller

Wheathampstead LNR © photo: Robin Pearson	Park Wood, Ruislip © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Maple Cross © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Amwell © photo: Nigel Agar	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	St Albans (February 2009) © photo: A J Steele

north London © photo: Simon Rasch	Ickenham © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Colne Valley Park © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane

mating pair Hemel Hempstead © photo: David Newland	Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson	Hampstead © photo: Mark Barclay

© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Frank Johnson	© photo: Malcolm Newland

© photo: Steve Chilton	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Steven Penn

© photo: Andrew Wood	© photo: Allen Beechey	© photo: Lee Browne

© photo: Clive Burrows	© photo: Lee Browne	© photo: Malcolm Newland

© photo: Sandra Standbridge	© photo: Steve Lane	© photo: Nick Sampford

Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Northaw Great Wood © photo: Chris Beach


	Camberwell Beauty (nymphalis antiopa)
	Red Admiral (vanessa atalanta)
	Painted Lady (vanessa cardui)
	Large Tortoiseshell (nymphalis polychloros)
	Small Tortoiseshell (aglais urticae)
	Peacock (inachis io)
	Comma (polygonia c-album)
	The Nymphalidae family part 1 ~ White Admiral & Purple Emperor only
	The Nymphalidae family part 3 ~ Fritillaries
	Photo House Index