Join the Great British Butterfly Hunt
Michael McCarthy: As these enchanting creatures dance on the spring breeze, we invite readers on a four-month voyage around Britain to look for them.
Inside UK butterflies
Bellamy backs 'butterfly world' plans
More habitat needs to be created for butterflies to stop the declines in some of the UK's most well-loved insects, conservationists urged today.
Glanville fritillary
One of the most localised of all our wildlife species, found only in the Isle of Wight, apart from occasional sightings on the nearby Hampshire coast. Similar in appearance to the rare heath fritillary but the beige and orange bands on the underwings are distinctive. Named after Lady Eleanor Glanville, who first captured specimens in the 1690s.