British Butterflies: Lycaenidae & Riodinidae
This gallery contains images of all Lycaenidae that regularly breed in Britain, plus the Duke of Burgundy which is in the family Riodinidae. All the images in this gallery are of wild butterflies photographed in unconstrained natural settings. Some feature in my Illustrated Talk Small is Beautiful.

Green Hairstreak

Black hairstreak

Purple hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus), Bentley Wood, Wiltshire

Purple hairstreak

White-letter hairstreak

Brown hairstreak

Common blue

Common blues mating

Brown argus

Brown argus

Holly blue

Small blue

Small blue

Small blues mating

Chalkhill blue

Large blue

Silver studded blue

Adonis blue

Chalkhill blue

Brown argus

Adonis blue

Adonis blue on cow pat

Northern brown argus

Small copper

Large blue

Duke of Burgundy
