Last summer the common fluttered with holly blues, which I had not seen before.

Butterflies including the Holly Blue and Painted Lady have been recorded.

Princess Holly Blue has a curious nature.

The Holly Blue is a beautiful butterfly, with pale silver-blue wings spotted with pale ivory dots.

Butterflies recorded include Holly Blue, Speckled Wood, Peacock and the Pearl-bordered Fritillary.

A recent survey identified 22 species of butterfly on the site, including Speckled Wood, Holly Blue, Small copper, Brown Argus and Marbled White.

The Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) is a butterfly that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family and is native to Eurasia and North America.

There are at least 18 kinds of butterfly, including Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Holly Blue, Brimstone, Speckled Wood, Small Copper and Wall Brown.

The reserve has boasted 27 different varieties of butterfly including the Large Skipper, the Speckled Wood, White-letter Hairstreak, Small Copper, Holly Blue and the Brown Argus.

Butterflies include Peacock, Comma, Meadow brown, Small heath, Small skipper, Essex skipper, Green veined, Large and Small white, Small copper, Brimstone, Holly blue, Common blue, Speckled wood and Gatekeeper.

The butterflies include Marbled White Melanargia galathea, Brown Argus Aricia agestis, Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina, Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae, and Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus, besides large numbers of more common species.

The Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) is a butterfly that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family and is native to Eurasia and North America.

In their monograph on the Lycaenopsis group of Polyommatine genera, Eliot & Kawazoe considered Lycaena neglecta , to be a synonym of Lycaena lucia , which they listed as subspecies Celastrina argiolus lucia.

The butterflies include Marbled White Melanargia galathea, Brown Argus Aricia agestis, Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina, Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae, and Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus, besides large numbers of more common species.