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The butterfly garden

    
Fritillary (right):

Wings are generally brown with black speckles

 

image: Fritillary butterfly
    

 

image: Large White butterfly
            
             
Small Tortoiseshell (right):

Dark mottled wings with shades of orange, yellow, black and some blue
image: Small tortoiseshell butterfly

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Large White (above):

White wings with dark upper wingtips. Females have two spots on each fore wing.