Vanessids and Fritillaries :Family Nymphalidae

This family are large butterflies.
The front legs are small and have tufts of hair-like scales, so are sometimes called brush footed butterflies.
Many of the caterpillars bear branched spines.
15 species breed in the UK and 3 more are regular visitors from the continent.
It includes the Peacock, Red admiral, Painted lady, Small and large Tortoishell, Comma, to name a few.

Beauty and the beast!	Painted lady close-up!	Painted lady - Vanessa cardui	Painted lady and Medow brown back to back.	Painted lady and the hoverfly.
Peacock butterfly!	Portrait of a peacock butterfly!	The complete Peacock Butterfly!	Peacock Butterfly wing!	Peacock drinking the nectar!
Up and under!	Camoflaged Peacock!	Peacock Butterfly!	Peacock - Inachi io	Small tortoiseshell butterfly on brambles.
Painted lady - Vanessa cardui !	Painted lady feeding - Vanessa cardui !	Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta !	Red admiral - Vanessa atalanta !	Red admiral - Vanessa atalanta !
Small tortoishell viewed through the brambles- Aglais urticae	Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui !	Frittilary species.	Painted Lady butterfly - Vanessa cardui	Comma feeding - Polygonia c-album
Comma - Polygonia c-album	Small tortoishell - Aglais urticae	Small tortoishell feeding- Aglais urticae	:: Peacock Butterflies. ::