Invertebrate / Lepidoptera / Butterflies and moths

Brown hairstreak Thecla betulae with wings folded, female flying behind, adult in foreground resting on a leaf

Silver Y Moth Autographa gamma adult at an angle cut to white

Small Chocolate tip moth Clostera pigra holding its wings unconventionally held against a leaf background

Small Heath Butterfly Coenonympha pamphilus showing underwings

Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary butterfly Boloria selene

Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae life cycle illustrated in pen and ink with colour top wash and host plant nettle

Small tortoiseshell butterfly Aglais urticae cut to white dead specimen so wings folded further back than in life

Swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon cut to whtie

Large striped swordtail Graphium antheus cut to whtie

Tobacco horn worm Manduca sexta life stages egg pupa larva adult cut to whtie

Tobacco horn worm Manduca sexta moth

Tobacco horn worm Manduca sexta with food plant tobacco

White admiral Limenitis camilla caterpillar and adult bitterfly quick sketch with food plant

Black hairstreak butterfly Satyrium pruni showing brown underwing and perched on a flowering bramble Rubus species

Large Emerald moth Geometra papilionaria with wings outstretched cut to white

Grayling butterfly Hipparchia semele

Hummingbird Hawkmoth Macroglossum stellatarum sketch feeding on a Nicotinia flower

Large blue butterfly Maculinea arion male showing underside of wings

Large Copper Lycaena dispar butterfly cut to white

Lunar Hornet esia bembeciformis Moth showing clear transparent hindwings and mimiryc patterns of wasp

Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia butterfly sketch showing markings, cut to white

Orange Tip butterfly Anthocharis cardamines with outstretched wings cut to white

Painted lady Vanessa cardui butterfly cut to white

Peacock butterfly Aglais io lifecycle with host plant nettle Urtica dioica