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Different species fly as adult butterflies at different times of year. This can help with identification; for example, if you see a blue butterfly in late June or early July, and you don't get a chance to see its underwing, it is more than likely a Common Blue as that is the only blue species flying at that time in North Wales (unless you are on the Great Orme or one of a couple of other sites where Silver-studded Blues live.) The table below shows the flight periods of all the North Wales species in chronological order (which can be quite different from other parts of the country) - you can print it off and stick it in the back of your Butterfly ID book; from this link; Flightperiods-chrono. (PDF file - may take a little while to appear. click here to read it if your computer does not already have Adobe acrobat software; www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html)

To reinforce this knowledge, come on one of our guided walks or ID courses;

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For photographs and detailed descriptions of all the butterflies found in North Wales, their distribution and habitats, go to the Regional Species page.

If you would like to help us save butterflies by keeping records of the ones  you see click here; Recording or for just a Recording sheet to print off; Record