UK, three butterflies: comma, holly blue, small tortoiseshell

[spiralsheep]

I've seen all of these butterflies in the last couple of weeks but some of the photos are from last year. The ones that got away were several speckled wood butterflies, which are brown with yellow spot markings (link to google image search results).

A comma butterfly, Polygonia c- album.



Comma and bumblebee.



The reason this butterfly is called a comma (image also with tongue visible).



Holly blue butterfly, Celastrina argiolus, male.





Small tortoiseshell butterfly, Aglais urticae.

Comments

[sid]

Butterflies make me happy. :-)

[ladyofshadow]

Lovely!!! The Holly blue is so beautiful! It has a softness that's so vibrant.

[moonvoice]

Absolutely gorgeous photos, and I love that holly blue butterfly in particular, such a lovely shade! Thank you for sharing these. :)

[holyschist]

Oh, wow, you got a blue with its wings open! And I didn't know you had commas over there, too (they're one of the earliest spring butterflies we see in Colorado, although likely a different species).

[lark_ascends]

Beautiful!