Field guide · Denmark
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Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Alcon blue
Phengaris alcon
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Amanda’s blue
Polyommatus amandus
Whites and yellows
Black-veined White
Aporia crataegi
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Brown argus
Aricia agestis
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Brown Hairstreak
Thecla betulae
Whites and yellows
Cabbage butterfly
Pieris brassicae
Brush-footed butterflies
Comma
Polygonia c-album
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Common blue
Polyommatus icarus
Whites and yellows
Common brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Whites and yellows
Common clouded yellow
Colias crocea
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Cranberry blue
Agriades optilete
Brush-footed butterflies
Cranberry fritillary
Boloria aquilonaris
Brush-footed butterflies
Dark green fritillary
Speyeria aglaja
Skippers
Dingy skipper
Erynnis tages
Whites and yellows
Eastern Bath White
Pontia edusa
Skippers
Essex skipper
Thymelicus lineola
Brush-footed butterflies
False heath fritillary
Melitaea diamina
Brush-footed butterflies
Glanville fritillary
Melitaea cinxia
Brush-footed butterflies
Grayling
Hipparchia semele
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Green Hairstreak
Callophrys rubi
Whites and yellows
Green-veined white
Pieris napi
Skippers
Grizzled skipper
Pyrgus malvae
Brush-footed butterflies
Heath fritillary
Melitaea athalia
Brush-footed butterflies
High brown fritillary
Fabriciana adippe
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Holly blue
Celastrina argiolus
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Idas blue
Plebejus idas
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Large blue
Phengaris arion
Skippers
Large chequered skipper
Heteropterus morpheus
Brush-footed butterflies
Large heath
Coenonympha tullia
Skippers
Large skipper
Ochlodes sylvanus
Brush-footed butterflies
Large tortoiseshell
Nymphalis polychlorosBrush-footed butterflies
Large tortoiseshell / Yellow-legged tortoiseshell
Nymphalis polychloros/Nymphalis xanthomelas
Brush-footed butterflies
Lesser Marbled Fritillary
Brenthis ino
Brush-footed butterflies
Lesser purple emperor
Apatura ilia
Brush-footed butterflies
Map
Araschnia levana
Brush-footed butterflies
Marbled white
Melanargia galathea
Brush-footed butterflies
Marsh fritillary
Euphydryas aurinia
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Mazarine blue
Cyaniris semiargus
Brush-footed butterflies
Meadow brown
Maniola jurtina
Whites and yellows
Moorland clouded yellow
Colias palaeno
Brush-footed butterflies
Mourning cloak
Nymphalis antiopa
Brush-footed butterflies
Niobe fritillary
Fabriciana niobe
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Northern Brown Argus
Aricia artaxerxes
Skippers
Northern chequered skipper
Carterocephalus silvicola
Skippers
Oberthürs grizzled skipper
Pyrgus armoricanus
Swallowtails
Old World swallowtail
Papilio machaon
Whites and yellows
Orange tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Brush-footed butterflies
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui
Whites and yellows
Pale clouded yellow
Colias hyale
Brush-footed butterflies
Peacock butterfly
Aglais io
Brush-footed butterflies
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Boloria euphrosyne
Brush-footed butterflies
Pearly heath
Coenonympha arcania
Brush-footed butterflies
Purple emperor
Apatura iris
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Purple Hairstreak
Favonius quercus
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Purple-edged copper
Lycaena hippothoe
Brush-footed butterflies
Queen of Spain Fritillary
Issoria lathonia
Brush-footed butterflies
Red admiral
Vanessa atalanta
Brush-footed butterflies
Ringlet
Aphantopus hyperantus
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Scarce copper
Lycaena virgaureae
Skippers
Silver-spotted skipper
Hesperia comma
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Silver-studded blue
Plebejus argus
Brush-footed butterflies
Silver-washed fritillary
Argynnis paphia
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Small blue
Cupido minimus
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Small copper
Lycaena phlaeas
Brush-footed butterflies
Small heath
Coenonympha pamphilus
Brush-footed butterflies
Small pearl-bordered fritillary
Boloria selene
Skippers
Small skipper
Thymelicus sylvestris
Brush-footed butterflies
Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
Whites and yellows
Small white
Pieris rapae
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
Sooty copper
Lycaena tityrus
Brush-footed butterflies
Speckled wood
Pararge aegeria
Brush-footed butterflies
Wall brown
Lasiommata megera
Brush-footed butterflies
White admiral
Limenitis camilla
Blues, coppers and hairstreaks
White-letter hairstreak
Satyrium w-album
Brush-footed butterflies
Yellow-legged tortoiseshell
Nymphalis xanthomelasCountry and language are separate choices. Species names and guide content follow this page's language.