Read more about Earlham Cemetery butterflies in our butterfly gallery.

List compiled by Vanna Bartlett, Stuart Paston, Ian Senior, Thea Nicholls, Carole Ponniah, Gary White, Colin Smith, James Cordeaux and Jeremy Bartlett. Last updated 20th March 2023.

Hesperiidae

Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola 
Large Skipper, Ochlodes faunus 
Small Skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris

Pieridae

Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni
Green-veined White, Pieris napi
Large White, Pieris brassicae
Orange-tip, Anthocharis cardamines
Small White, Pieris rapae

Lycaenidae

Brown Argus, Aricia agestis
Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus
Holly Blue, Celastrina argiolus
Purple Hairstreak, Neozephyrus quercus
Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas
White-letter Hairstreak, Satyrium w-album

Nymphalidae

Subfamily: Nymphalinae

Comma, Polygonia c-album
Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui
Peacock, Inachis io
Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta
Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia
Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus
Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae

Subfamily: Satyrinae

Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria
Wall, Lasiommata megera
Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus
Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina
Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus
Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus