| VANESSA | Genus of butterflies such as the red admiral, tortoiseshell and Camberwell Beauty (7) |
| SWALLOWTAIL | Any of various butterflies such as Papilio machaon having a tail-like extension of each hind wing (11) |
| CATS | Domesticated felines whose coat colours include marmalade, tabby, tortoiseshell and calico (4) |
| AGLAIS | From Greek for "splendid, shining", the genus of butterflies comprising the tortoiseshells and peacocks (6) |
| NETTLES | Esteemed by tortoiseshells, red admirals and other butterflies, a foraged plant with leaves used for tea, soup or to wrap the Cornish cheese yarg (7) |
| SULPHUR | Subfamily of butterflies of North America with predominantly yellow wings such as the Cloudless ___ (7) |
| VANESSID | Any brightly-coloured butterfly of the group that includes the red admiral, Camberwell beauty etc. (8) |
| FLUTTER | A polysemous word for a modest wager or bet; a heartbeat; a flap of a wing; a bat of one's eyelashes; a sensation or stir; a group of butterflies or flags; or, a fairy formation (7) |
| RAINBOW | Arc-en-ciel or similar spectrum of colours; or, another word for a cloud or kaleidoscope of butterflies (7) |
| SHELLAC | Varnish some tortoiseshell accidentally (7) |
| NERVOUS | Full of butterflies |
| ANXIETY | Bad kind of butterflies |
| ATALANTA | Mythological Greek huntress whose name is recalled in the scientific name for the red admiral (8) |
| BUTTERFLY | Painted lady, Camberwell beauty, peacock, swallowtail, Adonis blue ... insect known collectively as a flutter and studied in lepidopterology (9) |
| DAD | Relative of the red admiral |
| BUDDLEIA | Flowering shrub known as the butterfly bush because of its attractiveness to tortoiseshells, red admirals, peacocks, painted ladies and other lepidopterans (8) |
| COMB | A toothed strip of tortoiseshell or wood for neatening unkempt hair; or, something similarly serrated, such as the crest of a cockerel or hen (4) |
| REALMADRID | Red admiral designed as logo of soccer club (4,6) |
| ALICEBAND | Hair-taming accessory worn by Diana, Princess of Wales and Sarah, Duchess of York in the 1980s, typically velvet or faux tortoiseshell (5,4) |
| LEPIDOPTERIST | Person who specialises in the study and collection of butterflies and moths (13) |
