skippers, blues, whites, etc.
![Brown Argus [Aricia agestis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/NG8_3280_EOS-1D_TheDowns_14Aug2025.jpg "Brown Argus [Aricia agestis]")
Brown Argus [Aricia agestis]
Adult female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Aug 2025
![Brown Argus [Aricia agestis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/NG8_2402_EOS-1D_TheDowns_18Jul2025.jpg "Brown Argus [Aricia agestis]")
Brown Argus [Aricia agestis]
Adult – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 18 Jul 2025
![Brown Argus [Aricia agestis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/NG7_2337_EOS-1D_BansteadCommon07Aug2020.jpg "Brown Argus [Aricia agestis]")
Brown Argus [Aricia agestis]
Adult on Betony (Betonica officinalis) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Aug 2020
![Green Hairstreak [Callophrys rubi]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/IMG_0584_60D_TheDowns_12May2025.jpg "Green Hairstreak [Callophrys rubi]")
Green Hairstreak [Callophrys rubi]
Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 May 2025
![Green Hairstreak [Callophrys rubi]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/IMG_8147_60D_BansteadCommon_19May2020.jpg "Green Hairstreak [Callophrys rubi]")
Green Hairstreak [Callophrys rubi]
Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 May 2020
![Holly Blue [Celastrina argiolus britanna]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/IMG_8241_60D_BansteadCommon_23Jun2020.jpg "Holly Blue [Celastrina argiolus britanna]")
Holly Blue [Celastrina argiolus britanna]
Male of sub-species britanna - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Jun 2020
![Holly Blue [Celastrina argiolus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/IMG_2407_60D_LWC_23May2016.jpg "Holly Blue [Celastrina argiolus]")
Holly Blue [Celastrina argiolus]
Female - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 23 May 2016
![Holly Blue [Celastrina argiolus britanna]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/NG8_2219_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12Jul2025.jpg "Holly Blue [Celastrina argiolus britanna]")
Holly Blue [Celastrina argiolus britanna]
Adult of sub-species britanna on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Jul 2025
![Small Blue [Cupido minimus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/IMG_8127_60D_BansteadCommon_18May2020.jpg "Small Blue [Cupido minimus]")
Small Blue [Cupido minimus]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 18 May 2020
![Small Blue [Cupido minimus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/IMG_8129_60D_BansteadCommon_18May2020.jpg "Small Blue [Cupido minimus]")
Small Blue [Cupido minimus]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 18 May 2020
![Small Blue [Cupido minimus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/NG8_0045_EOS-1D_TheDowns_16May2025.jpg "Small Blue [Cupido minimus]")
Small Blue [Cupido minimus]
Female Small Blue (Cupido minimus) on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) – Date of image : 16 May 2025
![Small Blue [Cupido minimus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/IMG_0567_60D_TheDowns_12May2025.jpg "Small Blue [Cupido minimus]")
Small Blue [Cupido minimus]
Female Small Blue (Cupido minimus) on Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 May 2025
![Purple Hairstreak [Favonius quercus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/NG8_2597_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Jul2025.jpg "Purple Hairstreak [Favonius quercus]")
Purple Hairstreak [Favonius quercus]
Very worn female on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2025
![Small Copper [Lycaena phlaeas eleus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/NG8_1570_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Jun2025.jpg "Small Copper [Lycaena phlaeas eleus]")
Small Copper [Lycaena phlaeas eleus]
Adult of sub-species eleus on Smooth Hawk's-beard (Crepis capillaris) – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jun 2025
![Small Copper [Lycaena phlaeas eleus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/IMG_8433_60D_BansteadDowns_04Aug2021.jpg "Small Copper [Lycaena phlaeas eleus]")
Small Copper [Lycaena phlaeas eleus]
Adult of sub-species eleus resting on Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Aug 2021
![Small Copper [Lycaena phlaeas eleus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/NG8_3590_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Aug2025.jpg "Small Copper [Lycaena phlaeas eleus]")
Small Copper [Lycaena phlaeas eleus]
Adult of sub-species eleus on rotting apple – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Aug 2025
![Small Copper [Lycaena phlaeas eleus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/NG8_1565_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Jun2025.jpg "Small Copper [Lycaena phlaeas eleus]")
Small Copper [Lycaena phlaeas eleus]
Adult of sub-species eleus on Smooth Hawk's-beard (Crepis capillaris) – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jun 2025
![Chalk Hill Blue [Polyomattus coridon]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/IMG_1640_60D_BansteadCommon_07Aug2015.jpg "Chalk Hill Blue [Polyomattus coridon]")
Chalk Hill Blue [Polyomattus coridon]
Male – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Aug 2015
![Chalk Hill Blue [Polyomattus coridon]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/NG8_2603_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Jul2025.jpg "Chalk Hill Blue [Polyomattus coridon]")
Chalk Hill Blue [Polyomattus coridon]
Male – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2025
![Chalkhill Blue [Lysandra coridon]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-2-butterflies-hesperidae-lycaenidae-and-pieridae/NG8_2108_EOS-1D_TheDowns_11Jul2025.jpg "Chalkhill Blue [Lysandra coridon]")
Chalkhill Blue [Lysandra coridon]
Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2025