pirithous Scarce swallowtail – Iphiclides podalirius Short-tailed blue – Cupido (Everes) argiades Geranium bronze – Cacyreus marshalli (imported on geraniums) Scarce or yellow-legged tortoiseshell – Nymphalis xanthomelas Camberwell beauty – Nymphalis antiopa Map – Araschnia levana (formerly introduced and bred) Queen of Spain fritillary – Issoria lathonia Monarch – Danaus plexippus Plain tiger – Danaus chrysippus (single record from Cambridgeshire, April 2011, coincident with influx of vagrant Odonata) Apollo – Parnassius apollo American painted lady – Vanessa virginiensis Exotics Species included in the Great Britain Lepidoptera numbering system, but believed never to have occurred naturally in a wild state Fiery skipper – Hylephila phyleus Mallow skipper – Carcharodus alceae Oberthür's grizzled skipper – Pyrgus armoricanus Shy saliana – Saliana longirostris Small Apollo – Parnassius phoebus Spanish festoon – Zerynthia rumina Southern festoon – Zerynthia polyxena Tiger swallowtail – Papilio glaucus Moorland clouded yellow – Colias palaeno Cleopatra – Gonepteryx cleopatra Slate flash – Rapala schistacea Scarce copper – Lycaena virgaureae Sooty copper – Lycaena tityrus Purple-shot copper – Lycaena alciphron Purple-edged copper – Lycaena hippothoe Turquoise blue – Polyommatus dorylas Green-underside blue – Glaucopsyche alexis Julia – Dryas julia Albin's Hampstead eye (meadow argus) – Junonia villida Blue pansy – Junonia oenone Zebra – Colobura dirce Small brown shoemaker (orange mapwing) – Hypanartia lethe Indian red admiral – Vanessa indica Weaver's fritillary – Boloria dia Aphrodite fritillary – Speyeria aphrodite Niobe fritillary – Fabriciana niobe Cardinal or Mediterranean fritillary – Argynnis pandora Great spangled fritillary – Speyeria cybele Spotted fritillary – Melitaea didyma Large wall – Lasiommata maera Woodland grayling – Hipparchia fagi Hermit – Chazara briseis False grayling – Arethusana arethusa Cassia's owl-butterfly – Opsiphanes cassiae Illioneus giant owl – Caligo illioneus See also Butterfly Conservation – Britain's butterfly and moth conservation society List of butterflies of Ireland List of moths of Great Britain References butterflies butterflies Great Britain °Great Britain butterflies 'butterflies