Our UK Butterfly chart consists of 8 fold-out pages featuring full-colour illustrations, making the identification of butterflies easy to follow. There’s a further butterfly identification guide on the reverse side, with a text description of the characteristics of each species.
It’s designed for speedy butterfly identification in the field, with beautiful colour life-size paintings of each butterfly by acclaimed artist Richard Lewington. We have shown both upper wings and under wings, so you can identify butterflies in flight and at rest. Similar-looking butterflies are close to each other for easy comparison.
Making a butterfly list is a great first step into wildlife identification. Some are easy to identify. But for others you might need to take a closer look. Is that a Small White or a Large White eating your cabbages? Is that a Common Blue or a Holly Blue fluttering along the hedge? With experience you can guess Ringlet or Speckled Wood from flight pattern alone. Our Butterfly guide can help!
As well as the paintings, the reverse side of the Butterfly guide includes concise identification notes for each species. This text covers the key characters to look out for, plus flight period, habitat and range. Also indicated are those species which now have legal protection in the UK.
Even beginners should find 5-10 butterflies in a typical garden in the summer.

But if you visit woodland, grassy meadows or limestone hills, you could find many more. From Comma to Clouded Yellow, from Painted Lady to Purple Emperor, how many butterfly species can you identify with the guide this year?