 Contacts
All correspondence is by email
Links
Links to Butterfly and Butterfly and Moth websites.
The sites below are either in English, or contain an English
version, unless indicated otherwise. Sites of particular interest are
shown with an asterisk (*).
Additional links can be found on the European Butterflies Group
country pages. Please contact Jude
at links@european-butterflies.org.uk
if you know of sites that might be of interest to European
Butterflies Group members.
European
Butterflies Group is a branch of
Butterfly Conservation
http://butterfly-conservation.org
EUROPE
- GENERAL 
Butterfly
Conservation Europe
https://www.vlinderstichting.nl/butterfly-conservation-europe/
Organisation focused on halting and reversing the decline of
butterflies, moths and their habitats, throughout Europe.
euroButterflies
(Matt Rowlings - European Butterflies Group) *
http://www.eurobutterflies.com/index.php
Very comprehensive site with many photos of 90% of European species,
significant forms and sub- species.
Guy Padfield's
European Butterfly Page (Guy Padfield) *
http://www.guypadfield.com/
Systematic list of species by scientific names and by photos. Good set
of photos, with country and date.
European
Butterflies: A Portrait in Photographs (Bernard Watts - European
Butterflies Group)
*
http://www.butterflyeurope.co.uk/
The
site covers all European butterflies, including many pictures of each
species from its whole European range, to illustrate geographical
variation, forms and subspecies. Comprehensive text; analysis of
wing-patterns; critique of identification features; some downloads.
IUCN (Europe)
http://www.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/europe/resources/publications/?5367/
European-Red-List-of-Butterflies
European Red List of Butterflies.
Lepiforum:
Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und
ihren Präimaginal stadien [Lepiforum : Determination of butterflies
[and
moths] (Lepidoptera) and their pre-imaginal stages] *
(Language: German)
http://www.lepiforum.de
Species
pages for all European butterflies and moths, almost all illustrated
with photos of adults (sometimes many) and in many cases other life
stages. Help with identification. Forum to ask questions and
get
help with ID.
Moths and
Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (Paolo Mazzei, Daniel
Morel and Raniero Panfili) *
http://www.leps.it/
This
site provides an increasingly comprehensive photographic coverage of
European and North African Lepidoptera. There are species pages for
most European butterflies and macro-moths and an increasing number of
micro-moths, well illustrated with photographs of adults and often
immature stages. The site is constantly being added to by many
contributors. Species are listed by families, as well as alphabetically
by both scientific and common names. Good thumbnail series for each
family. Host plants given.
Schmetterlinge und
ihre Ökologie (Wolfgang Wagner) *
[Butterflies [and moths] and their ecology]
http://www.pyrgus.de/index.php?lang=en
Covers
many European butterflies and macro moths. Excellent photos with many
species having photos of all life stages as well as adults. Information
on host plants, habitats, life cycle, distribution and conservation
status for all species represented.
Lepidoptera and
some other life forms: Lepidoptera (Markku Savela -
Finland) *
http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/
European
butterflies and moths (Christopher Jonko) *
http://www.lepidoptera.eu/
Photos of all stages. European country lists. Species pages.
Distribution. Life stages phenology.
Very useful converter to find UTM grid square from Latitude and
Longitude coordinates.
European
butterflies and moths *
http://www.ufz.de/european-butterflies
The site has all the MEB distribution maps, under the LepiDiv Projekt:
http://www.ufz.de/european-butterflies/index.php?de=22477
Josef Settele is the main contact.
Uk Butterflies
(Peter Eeles) *
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk
A comprehensive site covering mainly British Butterflies which has a
forum and articles that also covers European Butterflies.
Lepidoptera
Gallery. Lepidoptera of Catalonia (Spain), Bulgaria, France &
Germany. (Matthew Gandy)
http://lepidopteragallery.org/
The site reflects the main localities that Matthew has surveyed, so far
in Europe, also the UK.
His new book “Moth” is due to be published in May 2016.
Butterflies of
Europe (Vlad Dinca - Romania)
http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/vlad_butterflies/eurleps/eurleps.php
Site under construction. So far only species pages for skippers with
photographs.
De Vliderstichting
(Dutch Butterfly Conservation)
http://www.vlinderstichting.nl
Conservation of butterflies, moths and dragonflies. Systematic list.
Europaische
Schmetterlinge
(Mario Maier - Germany)
[Europeanbutterflies]
http://www.butterflies.de/indexUS.htm
Faunaeuropaea
http://www.fauna-eu.org/
Taxonomy
European Commission
(Natura 2000)
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/natura2000/index_en.htm
Stretching
over 18 % of the EU’s land area and almost 6 % of its marine territory,
it is the largest coordinated network of protected areas in the world.
Wildlife
Illustrator Richard Lewington
http://www.richardlewington.co.uk/index.php
Photography of
European Butterflies and Moths (Bernard Fransen)
http://fransenb.home.xs4all.nl/EuropeanButterflies/
Photos of butterflies and moths in their natural environment.
Schmetterlinge
Europas
[Butterflies of Europe]
http://www.lepidoptera.ch/ (Language: German)Photos of food
plants with species associated with them.
Vlaamse
Verenigingvoor Entomologie
[Flemish Entomological Society. Phegea]
http://www.phegea.org/Root/Phegea.htm
PDF files of all copies of journal 1973-2014.
Landesdatenbank
Schmetterlinge
Baden-Württembergs am Staatlichen Museum
für Naturkunde Karlsruhe
[National database butterflies in Baden-Württemberg at the National
Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe]
http://www.schmetterlinge-bw.de/
(Language: German)
Carcharodus-Projekt
(Martin Albrecht)
http://www.carcharodus.ch/Welcome.html
Covers 8 species of Carcharodus that Martin is studying in several
disparate European countries.
Michels
Schmetterlinge
(Michael Zepf)
(Michel’s butterflies and macro-moths includes some
microlepidoptera)
http://www.michels-schmetterlinge.de
(Language:
German)
Alphabetical
scientific list by species (not genus), linked to species
pages
which are well populated with photos (with place and date). In some
cases photos of early stages.
Anything but common
(Peter Groenendijk)
http://www.anythingbutcommon.nl/
Photos of European butterflies.
PTK Butterflies
(Paul Kipling)
http://ptkbutterflies.wix.com/photo-art
A relatively new site, of European butterfly images, for art and
identification.
Butterflies of
Europe
http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Europe%20-%20thumbs.htm
Part of: Learn about Butterflies - the complete guide to the world of
butterflies and moths.
Excellent information on the ecology of individual species
Butterflies
& Moths of Palaearctic Regions (Heiner Ziegler)
http://www.euroleps.ch/index.php (Language:
German)
Butterfly
portraits (John Green - European Butterflies Group)
https://www.butterflyportraits.com/
2,300
photographs are included of over 225 species, a majority of them found
in the south of France. John has a selection of what he
considers
his most pleasing photographs in the 'Best of Portraits' sections.
Countries
Albania 
Fluturat e
Shqipërisë - Butterflies of Albania
https://biodiversity.unitir.edu.al/index.html
(Language: English)
This new website was launched on the 30th October 2023. The mission of
the website is to provide a complete overview about the butterflies of
Albania, to provide the latest butterfly news and butterfly Atlas
information. Information, observation data, photographs, questions and
comments welcome. Sylvain Cuvelier and Anila Paparisto . The website is
hosted by the Universiteti i Tiranës.
Armenia 
Butterfly
Conservation Armenia
http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/
Information on the Butterfly Monitoring Scheme in Armenia, butterfly
species, Prime Butterfly Areas.
Austria 
Schmetterlinge im
Österreichs
(Andreas Pospisil)
[Butterflies of Austria](Language: German)
http://www.schmetterlinge.at/
Photos
of many Austrian butterflies. Early stages of many species also
illustrated (complete series for some species). A few macro-moths also
illustrated with some photos of early stages. Ordered systematically
and by flight-time. Also includes photos of a small selection of other
insects.
Belgium 
Lepidoptera of
Belgium (Chris Steeman)
https://projects.biodiversity.be/lepidoptera/
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Flemish Entomological Society.
Butterflies in the
Benelux (Frits Bink and Rosita Moenen)
http://www.phegea.org/Dagvlinders/Bink_Synopsis.htm
Online version of the book Butterflies in the Benelux.
Site for leaf mining Lepidoptera.
http://www.bladmineerders.be
(Language: Dutch)
BiodiversiteWallonie
[The Butterflies of Wallonie]
http://biodiversite.wallonie.be/fr/papillons.html?IDC=797
(Language : French)
Les Papillons de
Jour du Grand Site (Jean Delacre)
http://fr.calameo.com/read/002776460d2aa3e6d3435
(Language: French)
Les Papillons de Jour du Grand Site Interęt Biologique 1372 Crestia –
Haie Gabaux – Trou des Gattes - Doische, Province de Namur, Belgique.
Online book (235 pages) of the sites, by the sites conservation
officer, Jean Delacre.
Also by Jean Delacre
Euphydryas aurinia.
Study of Euphydrya saurinia in the Wallonie.
http://www.jdelacre.be/Jean/Aurinia.html
(Language: French)
Bulgaria 
The Butterflies and
Moths of Bulgaria (Nick Greatorex-Davies - UK - European Butterflies
Group) *
http://www.bulgarialeps.com/
Site
under development. Systematic list of Lepidoptera of Bulgaria
(incomplete). Species pages for all Bulgaria butterflies and many macro
and micro-moths. Most butterfly species pages populated with photos.
Photos of young stages of a few species. Some habitat photos. Maps
based on (Google Earth) showing distribution of butterflies from tour
records since 2003 (so far only 2012 and 2013 data included).
Bulgaria
Butterflies (Nikolay Schtinkov) *
http://bulgariabutterflies.com/index.html
Systematic
species list that links to species pages with photos of the adults of
over 200 of the 214 Bulgarian species. Not more than 3 photos per
species. Photos with site and date taken.
Canary
Islands 
See under Spain:
Butterflies and moths of Spain (Includes whole of Iberian Peninsula,
the Balearic islands and the Canary islands).
Anexo: Mariposas
diurnas de Canarias [Butterflies of the
Canaries]
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Mariposas_diurnas_de_Canarias
(Language: Spanish)
Species in systematic order. Photos of most species. Links to other
Wikipedia pages for information on individual species
Crimea 
БАБОЧКИ КРЫМА
[Lepidoptera of the Crimea] (Vladimir Savchuk)
http://www.lepidoptera.crimea.ua/
(Language: Russian)
Photograph
gallery in systematic order of the butterflies and moths of the Crimea.
All species listed by family. Good quality photos (often multiple) of
many species (including young stages in many cases), though still many
gaps especially among the microlepidoptera.
Cyprus 
Butterflies of
Cyprus (Eddie John - UK - European Butterflies Group) *
http://www.cyprusbutterflies.co.uk/
Checklist
of species. Information on, and photographs of, all existent species.
Details of the recording scheme. List of publications.
ABLE - Field Guide
to the Butterflies of Cyprus.
Field Guide
An ABLE produced guide on the 48 most
common butterfly species in Cyprus.
Czech Republic 
Czech Society for
Butterfly and Moth Conservation (SOM)
http://www.lepidoptera-som.cz/en_home.html
Denmark 
See under Scandinavia:
Butterflies from Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and
Finland) (Lars Andersen). (Language: Danish)
Velkommentil
Lepidopterologisk Forening
[Lepidopterist Society,
Denmark]
http://www.lepidoptera.dk/
Dansk Entomologisk
Forening [Danish Entomological Society]
https://www.entoweb.dk/def/foreninger.php
Finland 
Finnish Butterflies
*
http://www.tyllinen.eu/Butterflies/ButterfliesFin.htm
Photos (set and live) Very good quality. Species pages and european
distribution.
Finnish Butterflies
(Esko Viitanen)
http://www.kolumbus.fi/esko.viitanen/specieslepidoptera_e.htm
Finnish butterflies
and macro-moths
Finnish Lepidopterist Society
http://perhoset.perhostutkijainseura.fi/sps_suomen_perhoset.htm
Larvae of
North-European Lepidoptera (Kimmo Silvonen)
http://www.kolumbus.fi/silvonen/lnel/index.html
Kuvia ja
havaintoja perhosista (Pertti Pakkanen)
Photographs and sightings of butterflies. Pictures and news about
butterflies and moths in Finland
http://www.dlc.fi/~peterpa/lepi/perhonen.htm
Finnish lepidoptera
Wiki
http://www.insects.fi/hyonteistietokanta/plugins-html/Wiki/Lepidoptera/Wiki.html
Raakkila [Olavi
Niemi's lepidoptera photos]
http://www.raakkila.fi/gallery/index.php?cat=5
Photo Gallery
France 
Butterflies of
France (Roger Gibbons - UK - European Butterflies Group) *
http://www.butterfliesoffrance.com/index.htm
Species list. Excellent photographs. Identification of the
more difficult species.
Lepi’Net - Les
Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français (Philippe
Mothiron) *
http://www.lepinet.fr/lep/
(Language: French)
Excellent photos of butterflies and moths (not micros). Distribution
maps and departmental lists.
Filming VarWild:
Life cycle of butterflies in Provence (Pieter and
Brigitte Kan) *
http://www.filming-varwild.com/
Excellent set of photos and videos. Youtube channel.
Fleeting wonders –
butterflies and burnets of France (Philippe
Bricaire) *
http://www.fleetingwonders.com/
Species list. Photo galleries of each species.
Butterflies of the
Rhône (Timothy Cowles) *
http://felixthecatalog.tim.pagesperso-orange.fr/index.htm
Butterflies of the Rhône department of France. Species list. Good set
of photos for each species.
Diatheo
(Tristran Lafranchis) *
http://diatheo.weebly.com/(Language:
French)
Books, articles and videos. Distribution maps for France.
MNHN [National
Museum of Natural History]
http://www.inpn.mnhn.fr (Language:
French)
National inventory of natural heritage. Taxonomy; TAXREF.
Oreina
http://www.oreina.org/ (Language:
French)
An
association that publishes a quarterly magazine to promote the
understanding of the butterflies and moths of France. Taxonomy, ecology
and conservation.
Proserpine
http://www.proserpine.org
(Language:
French)
Butterflies of the Butterfly Gardens, at Digne-les-Bains
Lépidoptčres de
France méridionale et de Corse
http://pathpiva.wifeo.com/
Southern
France and Corsica, a comprehensive photographic site of butterflies
with an extensive section on macro and micro moths.
GIRAZ
[Zygaenidae]
http://www.giraz.fr/ (Language:
French)
Organisation for information and research on Zygaenidae.
Zygčnes-mplr
[Zygaenidae]
https://zygenes-mplr.eu/language/en/zygaenidae/
The
site is an online version of the
Conservatoire d’espaces naturels Midi-Pyrénées (CEN-MP) identification
guide to the Burnet moths of the Midi-Pyrénées and
Languedoc-Roussillon.
Germany 
Schmetterlinge im
südlichen
Sachsen-Anhalt(Gerd Lintzmeyer, Raum Zeitz)
[Butterflies in southern Saxony - Anhalt]
http://www.gerd-lintzmeyer.homepage.t-online.de
(Language: German)
Photos of many species and youtube video links to filmed butterflies
Portal
für Schmetterlinge / Raupe
http://schmetterling-raupe.de/
(Language: German)
Species pages, photos of adults and early stages of butterflies and
macro-moths. Ecological info. e.g. food plants, habitat.
Tagfalter
monitoring .de [Butterfly monitoring in Germany]
http://www.tagfalter-monitoring.de/
(Language: German)
Tagfalter-Atlas
Deutschland [Butterfly Atlas Germany]
http://www.ufz.de/tagfalter-atlas/(Language:
German)
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
National butterfly atlas project (still in an early stage)
Schmetterlinge in
Oberbayern und vielesmehr [Butterflies in Upper
Bavaria and more]
http://www.tagschmetterlinge.de/
(Language: German)
Schmetterlinger und
um Wildan und Berlin [Butterflies around Wildan and Berlin]
http://www.schmetterlingeinwildauundberlin.de/
(Language: German)
Ökologische
Forschung und Planung Geyer & Dolek
http://www.geyer-und-dolek.de/
(Language: German)
Ecological research and planning. Field survey projects. Published
articles and papers.
Dr. Matthias Dolek is leading collaborative work on Colias myrmidone
(Danube Clouded Yellow) in Romania : http://www.geyer-und-dolek.de/myrmidone_dreiframes.htm
Greece 
The Butterflies of
Greece (Simos Ichtiaroglou) *
http://users.auth.gr/~efthymia/Butterflies/
Checklist and set specimens (short series for each species)
The Butterflies of
Greece (Lazaros N. Pamperis)
http://www.pamperis.gr/index/Welcome.html
Project Noah
https://www.projectnoah.org/missions/64566136
Online recording of butterflies and moths in Greece.
Corfu Butterfly
Conservation
https://corfu butterfly
conservation.org/index.php
Corfu
Butterfly Conservation is a project initiated by concerned residents,
island visitors and scientists from all over the world.
From the 1st
January 2021, Corfu BC is carrying out a five-year survey, culminating
on 31st December 2025, with the ultimate aim of publishing the first
comprehensive Corfu Butterfly Atlas. You can submit your records on the
website.
Hungary 
Magyarország
nagylepkéa Lepkehátárózó (József Lepkészeti)
[Guide to the butterflies and moths of Hungary] (Language: Hungarian)
Hungarian Lepidopterist Society
http://macrolepidoptera.hu/index.php?&l=enu
Farm Lator (Rob and
Barbara de Jong)
http://www.farmlator.hu/
Farm
Lator is an eco-friendly farmhouse accommodation & campsite
located
in Northeastern Hungary, run by an English-speaking wildlife guide with
a particular interest in Butterflies and very popular with European
Butterflies Group members.
Ireland 
Irish butterflies
[Irish butterflies, photo guide] (Adrian Phelan) *
http://www.irishbutterflies.com/
Complete set of photos. Distribution maps.
Butterfly Ireland
http://www.butterflyireland.com/
Website of The Dublin Naturalists’ Field Club
Lots of photos, distribution maps, recording scheme.
Italy 
ALI, l’Associazione
Lepidotterologica Italiana
http://www.lepidoptera.life/
(Language: Italian)
A new NGO created to promote the study and
conservation of Lepidoptera.
BCE partner for Italy.
Butterflies in
Italy (Robin Fox)
http://www.butterfliesinitaly.com/
Le farfalle della
Puglia [The butterflies of Puglia, S. Italy]
https://sites.google.com/site/lefarfalledellapuglia/home
(Language:
Italian)
Lithuania 
Lietuvos entomologų
draugij
[Lithuanian Entomological Society]
http://www.entomologai.lt/
(Language: Lithuanian)
Netherlands 
VlindersKieken
[Butterflies of Holland] (Henk Dikkema)
http://www.vlinderskieken.nl/(Language:
Dutch)
Photo gallery
Norway 
Lepidoptera Bergen
[Norwegian moths and butterflies] *
http://www.lepidoptera.no/en/
Host plants, distribution maps, species pages.
Norges sommerfugler
[Norwegian Butterflies](Natural History Museum) *
https://www.nhm.uio.no/english/research/collections/zoological/insect/lepidoptera/
(Language:
Norwegian)
See under
Scandinavia
[Butterflies from Scandinavia] (Denmark, Norway,
Sweden and Finland) (Lars Andersen)
Poland 
Lepidoptera
Poloniae [Butterflies and Moths of Poland]
http://lepidoptera.ksib.pl
(Languages: Polish, English)
A
country-wide scientific project created within the Polish Biodiversity
Information Network (KSIB), as a joint initiative of the University of
Warsaw and the Museum and Institute of Zoology PAS. Biodiversity map
database for the Butterflies and Moths of Poland, including records
from the "Distributional Atlas of Butterflies of Poland" (Buszko 1997)
Motyle dzienne
okolic Krosna
[Butterflies living in the area of Krosno]
(B.& K. Gałązka)
http://www.entomo.pl/krosno/index.html
Systematic list (93 of 148 species recorded from Poland). List links
to some species pages, some with photos of adults.
Portugal 
Tagis [Butterfly
Conservation Centre]
http://www.tagis.pt/homepage.html
An
environmental organisation dedicated to scientific research, science
communication and the preservation of butterflies’ natural habitats.
Romania 
Romanian
Lepidopterological Society
http://www.lepidoptera.ro/english.htm
(Language Romanian & English)
Publications
2021. The Lepidoptera of Romania: a Distributional Checklist 2021 and
the Romanian Red List of Lepidoptera. The website also
contains
information regarding the Natura 2000 Site “Eastern Cluj
Hills”.
Prof. dr. László Rákosy, the President of the Romanian
Lepidopterological Society was awarded the Marsh European Lepidoptera
Award in 2017.
Butterflies of
Romania (Vlad Dinca)
http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/vlad_butterflies/roleps/roleps.php
Species
pages for all Romanian species. Photos of many species. Some habitat
photos. Information on distribution, habitat and conservation status
only for a few species so far.
Ökologische
Forschung und Planung Geyer & Dolek
http://www.geyer-und-dolek.de/
(Language: German)
Dr. Matthias Dolek is leading collaborative work on Colias myrmidone
(Danube Clouded Yellow) in Romania : http://www.geyer-und-dolek.de/myrmidone_dreiframes.htm
Scandinavia 
Butterflies from
Scandinavia (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and
Finland) (Lars Andersen)
http://www.danske-natur.dk/indexsyveng.html
(Language: Danish)
Species
listed by family. Link from each species to species pages which include
many photographs (enlargeable), photos of habitat, food plants.
Serbia 
HabiProt
[Association for sustainable development and habitat protection]
http://www.habiprot.org.rs
(Languages: Serbian, English)
On-line recording scheme "Alciphron" http://www.alciphron.habiprot.org.rs/
(Language: Serbian)
Butterflies of
Serbia (Milan Djuric)
http://leptiri.beograd.com/
Checklist, small photos and status information.
Slovakia 
Motýle Slovenska
[Slovakian Butterfly Website]
https://lepidoptera.sk/
Mapping butterflies of Slovakia.
Slovenia 
Butterflies of
Slovenia *
http://biodiversityslovenia.net/listbutterfly.htm
Spain 
Butterflies of
Catalonia *
http://www.papallones.cat/
Zerynthia
http://www.asociacion-zerynthia.org/
National association for the protection of butterflies and moths and
their habitats in Spain.
Catalan Butterfly
Monitoring Scheme
http://www.catalanbms.org/
(Language: Catalan)
Catalan recording scheme. Possibility to download volumes of the
journal cynthia.
Euskadi [Butterfly
Monitoring Scheme, Basque Country, Spain]
http://www.euskadi.eus/gobierno-vasco/contenidos/informe_estudio/mariposas/es_doc/indice.html
(Language:Spanish)
Montes de Valsain
http://www.montesdevalsain.es/index_mariposas.html
The
website has an section for the butterflies of Valsaín and Sierra de
Guadarrama (Segovia and Madrid, Spain), with identification tips and
keys for every family of diurnal butterflies.
In Spanish, with scientific names.
Sweden
Svenskadag fjärilar
och nattfjärilar
[Swedish butterflies and moths]
(Magnus Unger) *
(Also macro and microlepidoptera)
http://www.lepidoptera.se/en/
Photos. Species pages. Distribution maps. Food plants for each species.
Svenska fjärilar
[Swedish Butterflies]
(also includes micro and macro-moths)
http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/
Site
under development. Systematic list of Swedish Lepidoptera. Of the
butterflies only Hesperiidae have species pages so far, these have
photos of adults and a distribution map for each species.
Svensk
Dagfjärilsövervakning
[Swedish Butterfly monitoring scheme]
http://www.dagfjarilar.lu.se/english
The
Swedish Butterfly Monitoring Scheme is a national monitoring programme,
coordinated by Lund University, for the Swedish Environmental
Protection Agency.
Switzerland 
CSCF-karch |
Distribution of species (Switzerland) *
http://lepus.unine.ch/carto/
Type in species and get excellent detailed distribution map
(Switzerland), photos of adult, conservation status.
Papillons de
Suisse (Michel Baudraz, Vincent Baudraz) *
http://www.lepido.ch/ (Language:
French)
Excellent photos. Identification. An extract from the Guide
d'identification des papillons de jour de Suisse can be consulted
here: https://lepido.ch/identifier-un-papillon/cle-didentification/
Die Schmetterlinge
der Schweiz [The butterflies of
Switzerland]
(Lepidoptera Working Group Switzerland)
http://www.schmetterlinge.ch/
(Language: German)
Site under construction, only some of the Papilionidae
represented.
Turkey 
DKM:
Doğa Koruma Merkezi [Nature Conservation Centre]
http://www.dkm.org.tr/
IUCN
approved Red List of Turkey’s butterflies, a candidate list of Turkey’s
Prime Butterfly Areas (PBA’s) and a national Butterfly Conservation
Strategy.
Kelebek Türk
[Butterflies of Antalya, Turkey] (Olcay Yeğin)
http://www.kelebek-turk.com
(Language: Turkish)
Photographs of 377 of the 414 species, from the 9 families to be found
in Turkey, taken by Turkish butterfly enthusiasts.
Select
'Arama' (Search) on the home page. From the ‘Tür’ (Species) menu select
the species (listed in Latin) you wish to see photos of. (Tümü means
All). At the bottom of the screen click ‘Arama Yap’ (Make Search).
AdaMerOs
[Butterflies of Turkey]
http://www.adamerkelebek.org
The Butterfly Monitoring and Photography Society of Turkey.
United
Kingdom 
UK Butterflies
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk
A comprehensive site covering mainly British Butterflies, which has a
forum and articles that also covers European Butterflies.
Ukraine 
БабочкиХарьковскойобласти,
Украина [Butterflies of Kharkov Region,
Ukraine] (Eugene Karolinskiy)
http://kharkovbut.narod.ru/
Please note that there may be a publicity banner of 20 seconds before
accessing the site.
Sites
and Reserves
Musée promenade
[Jardin des papillons: Digne-les-Bains] (France)
http://s563792708.siteweb-initial.fr/%C3%A0-d%C3%A9couvrir/sentier-des-papillons/
(Language: French)
Parcs nationaux de
France
http://www.parcsnationaux.fr/fr
Discover the National Parks of France.
Réserves naturelles
de France
http://www.reserves-naturelles.org/liste-par-region
(Language: French)
Discover the Nature Reserves of France. (Example below: Lavours)
Réserve Naturelle
de Lavours (France)
http://www.reserve-lavours.com/(Language:
French)
Parcs naturels
régionaux de France (France)
https://www.parcs-naturels-regionaux.fr/les-parcs/decouvrir-les-58-parcs
(Language:
French)
Discover the 58 Regional Natural Parks.
General
photography and observations
LEPIDIGI
Butterflies of Europe and the Tropics. (Peter Bygate - European
Butterflies Group)
http://www.lepidigi.net
Photographs of the butterflies of Europe, Africa, Latin America and
Asia, with moth pages for Africa, Latin America and Asia.
Butterfly Photography | Butterfly
Dreams. Butterfly Photography in Europe and further afield. (Pete
Smith - European Butterflies Group)
http://www.butterflydreams.co.uk
Pete's
website contains a selection of his favourite European butterfly images
and experiences from the past two decades. Please click on
the
individual photographs to read the text, and to enjoy the superb images
at full screen.
Butterfly Photography. (Yealand Kalfayan - European Butterflies Group)
https://www.butterflyphotography.uk/
This
is a new website (2023) with a selection of Yealand's
butterfly
images taken from both within the UK and his travels in Europe. There
are four galleries of which two show images of butterflies and moths.
The first includes images that are essentially portraits of adult
butterflies and moths. The second shows aspects of butterfly behaviour.
There is a third gallery with photographs of immature stages. The final
gallery is dedicated to wildflowers.
Torsten van de
Heyden
http://www.vanderheyden-vonseth.de/index.htm
Entomological information.
Learn about
Butterflies
http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/
Wildlife films by
Paul Wetton
http://www.wildlife-films.com/
This website shows the wildlife film productions of Paul Wetton,
including:
Searching for Butterflies in Northern Spain
Searching for Butterflies in South West Switzerland
Searching for Butterflies in Southern Bulgaria
Rest
of World
Morocco
Le Maroc des papillons [The butterflies of Morocco](Jean
Delacre & Michel Tarrier).
http://www.jdelacre.be/Jean/Maroc.html
(Language: French)
Also by Jean Delacre
Les Rhopalocčres du
Parc Naturel d’Ifrane
http://www.jdelacre.be/Rhopaloceres/index.html
(Language : French)
America's
Butterflies of North, Central, and South America
http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com
Cuba 
Butterflies of Cuba
http://www.butterfliesofcuba.com/
Costa Rica
Butterflies and Moths of Costa Rica (Heiner Ziegler)
http://www.tropicleps.ch/
Ecuador
Butterflies of Ecuador
http://www.butterfliesofecuador.com/
India 
Butterflies of India
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org
Neotropical
Neotropical Butterflies
http://www.neotropicalbutterflies.com/
Russia
Butterflies
of the Caucasus region and the south of Russia with many photos and
early stages . Tikhonov V.V., Stradomsky B.V., Kuznetsov G.V., Andreev
S.A.
http://www.babochki-kavkaza.ru/
South
Asia
Flutters. [Guide to the butterflies of the Indian subcontinent, South
East Asia] (Kishen Das)
http://www.flutters.org
A
group of naturalists with a special interest in Lepidoptera and their
conservation.The main focus is on South Asian butterflies and moths of
the Indian subcontinent.
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