‘Top marks’ for sharp-eyed snappers as UK nets new butterfly species

<p>Sightings confirmed in County Durham and Suffolk as southern small white flutters in from European mainland</p><p>Britain has a new species of butterfly: the southern small white has continued its rapid colonisation of northern Europe by flying across the North Sea.</p><p>The species looks very similar to the native small, large and green-veined whites but two individuals spotted in County Durham and Suffolk this summer have been verified as <em>Pieris mannii</em>, which was once confined to southern Europe.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/08/uk-butterfly-species-southern-small-white">Continue reading...</a>