La Puce wrote:
John Burke wrote:
By the time I fetched my camera it'd gone.
It stayed on the ground for a few minutes and displayed speckled
orange wings.
Can anyone identify it?

Check this - it's great to id what you see )
http://www.britishbutterflies.co.uk/2006/home.asp

Thanks, but there seems to be a problem getting this page to load.