Butterflies
The butterflies gallery, including some selected day-flying moths, comprises mainly of images taken in Vestfold and Buskerud regions (now Vestfold & Telemark and Viken) in southern Norway, but also from travels around the world. These are sorted taxonomically rather than country of origin and are all taken spontaneously in the field with no pre-caught, captive or otherwise manipulated insects.
Each image contains information where and when this was taken, although exact locations are mostly excluded.
Where they exist, Norwegian species names are also included to help as a local language identification key.
Images will be continuously added to this gallery as and when they become available.
 Red Cracker(Hamadryas amphinome mexicana) - Cerro Azul, Panama 23rd February 2013. |  Variable Cracker"Blue Cracker" (Hamadryas feronia farinulenta) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge, Costa Rica 21st February 2016 |  Clipper(Parthenos Sylvia) - Thailand 19th January 2014 |
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 Crimson Rose(Atrophaneura hector) - Sri Lanka 6th March 2017 |  Zebra Heliconian"Zebra Longwing" (Heliconius charithonia) - Laguna del Lagarto Lodge, Costa Rica 19th February 2016 |  Tawny Coster(Acraea violae) - Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, India, 13th February 2019 |
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 Dingy SkipperTiriltungemygger (Erynnis tages) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 2nd June 2019 |  Dingy SkipperTiriltungemygger (Erynnis tages) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 2nd June 2019 |  Dingy SkipperTiriltungemygger (Erynnis tages) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 26th May 2018 |
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 Grizzled SkipperBakkesmyger (Pyrgus malvae) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 26th May 2018 |  Grizzled SkipperBakkesmyger (Pyrgus malvae) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 26th May 2018 |  Chequered SkipperGulflekksmyger (Carterocephalus palacmon) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 26th May 2018 |
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 Chequered SkipperGulflekksmyger (Carterocephalus palacmon) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 26th May 2018 |  Essex SkipperTimoteismyger (Thymelicus lineola) - Minsmere, Suffolk, England 9th August 2016 |  Silver-spotted SkipperKommasmyger (Hesperia comma comma) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 13th July 2018 |
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 Silver-spotted SkipperKommasmyger (Hesperia comma comma) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 13th July 2018 |  Large SkipperEngsmyger (Ochlodes sylvanus) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 10th June 2020 |  Large SkipperEngsmyger (Ochlodes sylvanus) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 10th June 2020 |
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 Orange TipAurorasommerfugl (Anthocharis cardamines) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 13th June 2016 |  Black-veined WhiteHagtornsommerfugl (Aporia crataegi) - Kazakhstan 24th May 2012 |  'Northern' Green-veined White'Green-veined White' Rapssommerfugl (Pieris napi adalwindi) female - Lofoten, Nordland, Norway 24th June 2010. |
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 Small WhiteLiten kålsommerfugl (Pieris rapae) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 3rd July 2019 |  Eastern Bath White(Pontia edusa) - Kazakhstan 24th May 2012 |  Indian Cabbage White(Pieris canidia) - Keolardo NP, India, 16th February 2019 |
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 BrimstoneSitronsommerfugl (Gonepteryx rhamni) male - Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway 25th July 2020 |  BrimstoneSitronsommerfugl (Gonepteryx rhamni) female - Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway 25th July 2020 |  BrimstoneSitronsommerfugl (Gonepteryx rhamni) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 15th August 2016 |
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 Small CopperIldgullvinge (Lycaena phlaeas) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 13th August 2019 |  Scarse CopperOransjegullvinge (Lycaena virgaureae) male - Vestfold, Norway 13th July 2017 |  Purple-edged CopperPurpurgullvinge (Lycaena hippothoe) male - Geilo, Buskerud, Norway 26th July 2019 |
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 Purple-edged CopperPurpurgullvinge (Lycaena hippothoe) male - Geilo, Buskerud, Norway 26th July 2019 |  Lesser Fiery Copper(Lycaena thersamon) male - Ognyanovo, Bulgaria 6th May 2018 |  Green HairstreakGrønnstjertvinge (Callophrys rubi) - Ognyanovo, Bulgaria 6th May 2018 |
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 Green HairstreakGrønnstjertvinge (Callophrys rubi) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 26th May 2018 |  White-letter HairstreakAlmestjertvinge (Satyrium w-album) - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 20th July 2015 |  Small BlueDvergblåvinge (Cupido minimus) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 16th June 2020 |
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 Small BlueDvergblåvinge (Cupido minimus) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 16th June 2020 |  Small BlueDvergblåvinge (Cupido minimus) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 16th June 2020 |  Holly BlueVårblåvinge (Celastrina argiolus) female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 25th May 2020 |
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 Silver-studed BlueAgusblåvinge (Plebejus argus) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 20th July 2015 |  Silver-studed BlueAgusblåvinge (Plebejus argus) female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 20th July 2015 |  Idas BlueIdasblåvinge (Plebejus idas) blue female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 2nd July 2020 |
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 Idas BlueIdasblåvinge (Plebejus idas) blue female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 2nd July 2020 |  Idas BlueIdasblåvinge (Plebejus idas) blue female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 20th July 2015 |  Cranberry BlueMyrblåvinge (Plebejus optilete) male - Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway 5th June 2018 |
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 Cranberry BlueMyrblåvinge (Plebejus optilete) male - Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway 27th June 2019 |  Cranberry BlueMyrblåvinge (Plebejus optilete) - Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway 5th June 2018 |  Geranium ArgusBrun blåvinge (Aricia eumedon) female - Tønsberg. Vestfold, Norway 26th May 2018 |
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 Geranium ArgusBrun blåvinge (Aricia eumedon) female - Tønsberg. Vestfold, Norway 26th May 2018 |  Northern Brown ArgusSankthansblåvinge (Aricia artaxerxes) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 28th June 2019 |  Northern Brown ArgusSankthansblåvinge (Aricia artaxerxes) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 28th June 2019 |
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 Mazarine BlueEngblåvinge (Cyaniris semiargus) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 4th June 2019 |  Mazarine BlueEngblåvinge (Cyaniris semiargus) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 10th June 2020 |  Mazarine BlueEngblåvinge (Cyaniris semiargus) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 13th June 2016 |
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 Mazarine BlueEngblåvinge (Cyaniris semiargus) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 10th June 2020 |  Mazarine BlueEngblåvinge (Cyaniris semiargus) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 10th June 2020 |  Mazarine BlueEngblåvinge (Cyaniris semiargus) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 4th June 2019 |
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 Mazarine BlueEngblåvinge (Cyaniris semiargus) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 13th June 2016 |  Amanda's BlueSølvblåvinge (Polyommatus amandus) male - Sandjeford, Vestfold, Norway 2nd July 2020 |  Amanda's BlueSølvblåvinge (Polyommatus amandus) female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 2nd July 2020 |
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 Amanda's BlueSølvblåvinge (Polyommatus amandus) - Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway 3rd July 2019 |  Common BlueTiriltungeblåvinge (Polyommatus icarus) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway, 31st May 2020 |  Silver Washed FritillaryKeiserkåpe (Argynnis paphia) male - Vestfold, Norway 20th June 2015 |
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 Silver Washed FritillaryKeiserkåpe (Argynnis paphia) male - Vestfold, Norway 20th June 2015 |  Silver-washed FritillaryKeiserkåpe (Argynnis paphia) female - Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway 15th July 2018 |  Silver-washed FritillaryKeiserkåpe (Argynnis paphia) female - Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway 15th July 2018 |
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 Dark Green FritillaryAglajaperlemorvinge (Argynnis aglaja) - Vestfold, Norway 2017 |  Dark Green FritillaryAglajaperlemorvinge (Argynnis aglaja) - Vestfold, Norway 2017 |  High Brown FritillaryAdippererlemorvinge (Argynnis adippe) - Vestfold, Norway 2017 |
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 High Brown FritillaryAdippererlemorvinge (Argynnis adippe) - Vestfold, Norway 2017 |  Queen of Spain FritillarySølvkåpe (Issoria lathonia) - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 10th July 2018 |  Queen of Spain FritillarySølvkåpe (Issoria lathonia) - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 11th July 2018 |
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 Queen of Spain FritillarySølvkåpe (Issoria lathonia) - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 11th July 2018 |  Queen of Spain FritillarySølvkåpe (Issoria lathonia) - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 11th July 2018 |  Queen of Spain FritillarySølvkåpe (Issoria lathonia) - Falsterbo, Sweden 26th September 2013 |
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 Queen of Spain FritillarySølvkåpe (Issoria lathonia) - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 10th July 2018 |  Lesser Marbled FritillaryEngperlemorvinge (Brenthis ino) - Vestfold, Norway 20th July 2015 |  Lesser Marbled FritillaryEngperlemorvinge (Brenthis ino) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 2nd July 2020 |
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 Lesser Marbled FritillaryEngperlemorvinge (Brenthis ino) pair - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 2nd July 2020 |  Lesser Marbled FritillaryEngperlemorvinge (Brenthis ino) pair - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 2nd July 2020 |  Pearl-bordered FritillaryRødflekket perlemorvinge (Boloria euphrosyne) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 10th June 2019 |
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 Pearl-bordered FritillaryRødflekket perlemorvinge (Boloria euphrosyne) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 25th May 2020 |  Pearl-bordered FritillaryRødflekket perlemorvinge (Boloria euphrosyne) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 25th May 2020 |  Pearl-bordered FritillaryRødflekket perlemorvinge (Boloria euphrosyne) - Re, Vestfold, Norway 26th May 2018 |
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 Pearl-bordered FritillaryRødflekket perlemorvinge (Boloria euphrosyne) - Re, Vestfold, Norway 26th May 2018 |  Pearl-bordered FritillaryRødflekket perlemorvinge (Boloria euphrosyne) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 25th May 2020 |  Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBrunflekket perlemorvinge (Boloria selene) - Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway 16th June 2018 |
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 Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBrunflekket perlemorvinge (Boloria selene) - Vestfold, Norway |  Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBrunflekket perlemorvinge (Boloria selene) - Vestfold, Norway 20th July 2015 |  Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBrunflekket perlemorvinge (Boloria selene) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 8th July 2018 |
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 Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBrunflekket perlemorvinge (Boloria selene) - Vestfold, Norway 20th July 2015 |  Cranberry FritillaryMyrperlemorvinge (Boloria aquilonaris) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 18th June 2020 |  Cranberry FritillaryMyrperlemorvinge (Boloria aquilonaris) male - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 3rd July 2019 |
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 Cranberry FritillaryMyrperlemorvinge (Boloria aquilonaris) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 3rd July 2019 |  Freyer's Fritillary(Melitaea arduinna) - Kazakhstan 25th May 2013 |  Eastern Knapweed Fritillary(Melitaea telona) -Ognyanovo, Bulgaria 4th May 2018 |
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 Eastern Knapweed Fritillary(Melitaea telona) -Ognyanovo, Bulgaria 4th May 2018 |  False Heath FritillaryMørk rutevinge (Melitaea diamina) male - Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway 5th June 2018 |  False Heath FritillaryMørk rutevinge (Melitaea diamina) male - Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway 5th June 2018 |
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 False Heath FritillaryMørk rutevinge (Melitaea diamina) male - Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway 5th June 2018 |  False Heath FritillaryMørk rutevinge (Melitaea diamina) female - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 17th June 2019 |  False Heath FritillaryMørk rutevinge (Melitaea diamina) female - Vestfold, Norway 26th May 2018 |
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 False Heath FritillaryMørk rutevinge (Melitaea diamina) female - Vestfold 3rd July 2017 |  False Heath FritillaryMørk rutevinge (Melitaea diamina) pale female resembling a Heath Fritillary - Vestfold, Norway 4th June 2018 |  False Heath FritillaryMørk rutevinge (Melitaea diamina) pale female resembling a Heath Fritillary - Vestfold, Norway 4th June 2018 |
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 Heath FritillaryMarimjellerutevinge (Melitaea athalia athalia) - Kongsberg, Buskerud 16th June 2018 |  Heath FritillaryMarimjellerutevinge (Melitaea athalia athalia) male - Vestfold 3rd July 2017 |  Heath FritillaryMarimjellerutevinge (Melitaea athalia athalia) pair - Re, Vestfold 4th June 2018 |
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 Heath FritillaryMarimjellerutevinge (Melitaea athalia athalia) pair - Re, Vestfold 4th June 2018 |  Red AdmiralAdmiral (Vanessa atalanta) - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 2017 |  Red AdmiralAdmiral (Vanessa atalanta) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 4th June 2019 |
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 Red AdmiralAdmiral (Vanessa atalanta) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 4th June 2019 |  Painted LadyTistelsommerfugl (Vanessa cardui) - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 2017 |  Painted LadyTistelsommerfugl (Vanessa cardui) - Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway 15th July 2018 |
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 Painted LadyTistelsommerfugl (Vanessa cardui) - Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway 15th July 2018 |  Small TortoiseshellNeslesommerfugl (Aglais urticae septentrionalis) - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 2017 |  CommaHvit c (Polygonia c-album) - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 1st September 2018 |
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 Yellow-legged TortoiseshellSeljesommerfugl (Nymphalis xanthomelas) Kazakhstan 27th May 2012 |  Peacock Pansy(Junonia almana) - Keolardo NP, India, 16th February 2019 |  Camberwell BeautySørgekåpe (Nymphalis antiopa), second year after hibernation - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 4th June 2019 |
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 Camberwell BeautySørgekåpe (Nymphalis antiopa), second year after hibernation - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 4th June 2019 |  Camberwell BeautySørgekåpe (Nymphalis antiopa), fresh first year - Lardal, Vestfold, Norway 4th September 2016 |  Camberwell BeautySørgekåpe (Nymphalis antiopa), fresh first year - Lardal, Vestfold, Norway 4th September 2016 |
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 White AdmiralHvit admiral (Limenitis Camilla) - Kazakhstan 25th May 2012 |  Poplar AdmiralOspesommerfugl (Limenitis populi) male - Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway 5th June 2018 |  Poplar AdmiralOspesommerfugl (Limenitis populi) male - Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway 4th June 2018 |
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 Speckled WoodSkogringvinge (Pararge aegeria) - Minsmere, Suffolk, England 9th August 2016 |  Large Wall BrownKlipperingvinge (Lasiommata maera) female - Kongsberg, Buskerud 16th June 2018 |  Large Wall BrownKlipperingvinge (Lasiommata maera) female - Holmestrand, Buskerud 25th June 2020 |
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 Large Wall BrownKlipperingvinge (Lasiommata maera) - Vestfold, Norway 20th July 2015 |  Wall BrownSørringvinge (Lasiommata megera) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 14th August 2019 |  Wall BrownSørringvinge (Lasiommata megera) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 14th August 2019 |
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 Wall BrownSørringvinge (Lasiommata megera) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 14th August 2019 |  Wall BrownSørringvinge (Lasiommata megera) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway |  Gatekeeper(Pyronia tithonus) male - Minsmere, Suffolk, England 9th August 2016 |
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 Gatekeeper(Pyronia tithonus) female - Minsmere, Suffolk, England 9th August 2016 |  RingletGullringvinge (Aphantopus hyperantus) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 2nd July 2020 |  RingletGullringvinge (Aphantopus hyperantus) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 2nd July 2020 |
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 RingletGullringvinge (Aphantopus hyperantus) Horten, Vestfold, Norway 11th July 2018 |  Meadow BrownRappringvinge (Maniola jurtina) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 7th July 2020 |  Meadow BrownRappringvinge (Maniola jurtina) male - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 7th July 2020 |
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 Meadow BrownRappringvinge (Maniola jurtina) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 7th July 2020 |  Meadow BrownRappringvinge (Maniola jurtina) female - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 7th July 2020 |  Arron BrownFløyelsringvinge (Erebia ligea) Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway 25th July 2020 |
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 Arron BrownFløyelsringvinge (Erebia ligea) Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway 25th July 2020 |  Arron BrownFløyelsringvinge (Erebia ligea) Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 8th July 2018 |  Large HeathMyrringvinge (Coenonympha tullia) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 18th June 2020 |
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 Large HeathMyrringvinge (Coenonympha tullia) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 3rd July 2019 |  Small HeathEngringvinge (Coenonympha pamphilus) - Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway 8th July 2019 |  Esper's Marbled White(Melanargia russiae) - Kazakhstan 24th May 2012 |
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 Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-mothBredkantet humlesvermer(Hemaris fuciformis) - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 15th July 2018 |  Six-spot BurnetSeksflekket bloddråpesvermer (Zygaena filipendulae) -
Horten, Vestfold 12th July 2020 |  Orange UnderwingBjørkevårmåler (Archiearis parthenias) - Horten, Vestfold, Norway 18th April 2018 |
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