| SWALLOWTAIL | Butterfly of the genus Papilio |
| EMPEROR | The purple --- is an Old World butterfly of the genus Apatura (7) |
| BRIMSTONE | Yellow-winged butterfly of the genus Gonepteryx (9) |
| HAIRSTREAK | A small butterfly of the genus Callophrys |
| VANESSA | Butterfly of the red admiral genus (7) |
| SATYRID | Any butterfly of the family that includes the browns, heaths, ringlets etc. (7) |
| VANESSID | Any brightly-coloured butterfly of the group that includes the red admiral, Camberwell beauty etc. (8) |
| MONARCH | Orange/black/ white butterfly... of the Glen? (7) |
| SKIPPER | Butterfly of the family Hesperiidae - chequered or Lulworth, possibly (7) |
| SATYR | Butterfly of the nymphalid subfamily, with eyelike spots on brown wings (5) |
| COMMA | Orange and brown European butterfly of the family Nymphalidae; Polygonia c-album (5) |
| HEATH | Brownish butterfly of the family Nymphalidae that can be large (Coenonympha tullia) or small (Coenonympha pamphilus) (5) |
| ADONIS | - blue; rare species of butterfly of south-facing herb-rich chalk grasslands; the male with turquoise or azure-coloured wings (6) |
| MADAMES | "X" of painting and "Butterfly" of opera, for two |
| NETTLE | With the Latin name Urtica, meaning "burn, sting", a papilio-attracting urticant plant whose figurative grasping is metaphorical for boldly tackling a difficulty (6) |
| COMMONBLUE | The most widespread British butterfly of its colour-type (6, 4) |
| IRON | Maiden or Butterfly of music |
| WHITEADMIRAL | This woodland butterfly of central and southern England is actually mostly black |
| CAMBERWELLBEAUTY | Butterfly of temperate regions with dark purple, yellow-bordered wings |
| REDADMIRAL | Nymphalid butterfly of Europe and Asia having black wings with red and white markings (3,7) |
