Butterfly Conservation Europe

05/06/2026

𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 for in Romania!! 🇷🇴
🥳Finally we produced the of Romania with the 131 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 🦋𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀, including common names, texts and arrows to help on the identification and organised by family. A great resource for volunteers and anyone who wants to recognise and count butterflies in Romania. Distribute this field guide and bring it to the field!
Two languages to download:

🇷🇴https://butterfly-monitoring.net/sites/default/files/Pdf/Field%20Guides/Romania%20eBMS%20FG%20Continental-Pannonian_Romanian%2021052026.pdf

🇬🇧https://butterfly-monitoring.net/sites/default/files/Pdf/Field%20Guides/Romania%20eBMS%20FG%20Continental-Pannonian_English25112025.pdf

03/06/2026

On spot left! if you want to enjoy butterfly mountains🦋🏔️ this is your tour! Enjoy a great week in Picos de Europa in Spain and enjoy lovely butterflies 🦋🦋 see details below 👇

28/05/2026

🛠️𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗕𝗠𝗦 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 🛠️
The eBMS website will be unavailable overnight from 5 pm on Wednesday, 27 May. We expect to be back online by Thursday morning, 28 May. This is to allow a major update to the species dictionary.
This means that you can use the app, but you cannot submit data to the database or connect with the website today. We hope to be back online soon. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

14/05/2026

𝗗𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 🦋 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀 💙:
Sometimes is difficult to tell apart 𝘊𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 y 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘴; here are sometips (in Polish) with lovely images and arrows pointing where to look!

🦋 𝘊𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 - Short-tailed Blue: butterfly is usually a bit smaller, however, it is one of the SMALLEST daily butterflies in Poland: characteristic tails, very characteristic orange spot
🦋𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘴 - Holly Blue: it has no tails or an orange cross on the wings. Female wings are very characteristic from the top (exceptionally wide black band).

12/05/2026

𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. Here is a great example from Lithuania 🇱🇹 of the first and last observations of two 🦋species.
Some species are extending their flight periods, with the tendency for the first observations earlier and the last observations later. More people are recording nowadays, but climate change is also causing spring and autumn to become warmer, which leads to species being active for longer. There is a risk that such changes in season length will affect the phenology of species in the long term.

08/05/2026

🎉There is no better embassador for than Sir David Attemborough. He narrated incredible habitats and discover to us our planet better. We are delighted that he is continuing his adventure here.... David! 🥳🥳 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣🎂

08/05/2026

6 𝗘𝗣𝗜𝗖 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀-> 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 🦋🏝
Yeray Monasterio presented the butterflies species from the regions of Portugal and Spain (Canary, Azores and Madeira islands). The masterclass is in Spanish but the slides are in English, subtitles can be active to follow better the session.
All species are reviewed with distribution and characteristics to identify them, great resource from these islands! 😀😀

Yeray Monasterio (butterfly expert from Spain, Zerynthia Association) is presenting the 6 EPIC Masterclass including butterflies species from the Macaronesia...