White Admiral Limenitis camilla

The White Admiral (Limenitis camilla) is one of Britain’s most graceful woodland butterflies, its distinctive black-and-white wings carrying it in long, gliding arcs through dappled shade. It is associated with mature deciduous woodland where honeysuckle – its larval foodplant – grows beneath a semi-closed canopy. Suffolk holds a significant population, particularly in the larger ancient and semi-ancient woodlands of the south and west of the county. The species has expanded its range in recent decades, likely aided by woodland maturation and climate warming, and is now recorded from a growing number of Suffolk sites. Image: © Stuart Read, Flickr.

Find out more: iNaturalist, Suffolk Wildlife Trust, Butterfly Conservation, UK Butterflies