fritillary

• “This has had a positive effect on other woodland wildlife, with butterflies such as the silver-washed fritillary thriving in the sunny, open rides between the stands of trees.”

  The Guardian: Birdwatch: Pheasant

• “It was a silver-washed fritillary, the largest and most impressive of all the British fritillaries and one that has bucked the dismal trend and expanded its range after years of contraction.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: Cosford Hall, Suffolk

• “Almost all have been managed for hunting or timber during most of their history, but the majority are now nature reserves and home to wildlife such as the pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly and barbastelle bat, as well as a rich variety of woodland plants.”

  The Guardian: Campaigners not out of the woods in bid to save forests

• “Match the artsy underwing of the pearl-bordered fritillary with the breathtaking views from the Morecambe Bay Limestones, just below the Lake District.”

  The Guardian: Are butterflies the UK's most beautiful endangered species? | Dan Flenley

• “• Wood white: up 600% since 2009, following major decline• Marsh fritillary: up 134%, after major decline• Common blue: up 146%• Brown argus: up 85%• Silver-spotted skipper: up 78%• Lulworth skipper: down 40%, worst ever year since records began• Meadow brown: down 20%, worst ever year• Essex skipper: down 33%, second worst year in scheme• Small skipper: down 17%• Wall brown: down 20%It was an ordinary school playing field until the diggers moved in.”

  The Guardian: Butterfly revival could be threatened by cuts, warns charity

• “The graceful but now critically endangered high brown fritillary and the Lulworth skipper, which is confined to the Dorset coastline and has suffered a 93% decline in number since 2000, continued to disappear from the countryside.”

  The Guardian: Butterfly revival could be threatened by cuts, warns charity

• “Newly released figures from the charity Butterfly Conservation show that the endangered wood white increased in number by 600% in Britain last summer after a major decline, while the rare marsh fritillary increased by 134% and the silver-spotted skipper, once on the brink of extinction, rallied with a 78% rise.”

  The Guardian: Butterfly revival could be threatened by cuts, warns charity

• “A silver-washed fritillary – all tawny orange with black cryptic wing texts and flashes of mother-of-pearl – flew in and was immediately mobbed by ringlet and meadow-brown butterflies.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: Wenlock Edge

• “The flowers, inhabited by a wild passion, drew the fritillary back repeatedly as if all its strength and beauty were trapped in their orbit.”

  The Guardian: Country diary: Wenlock Edge

• “One of them, on the brackeny foothills of the British Camp, was a high brown fritillary, which now features in the Malvern Hills Conservators 'excellent leaflet of rare and interesting species.”

  The Guardian: Britain's best views: The British Camp, Malvern Hills

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