What's New

Bug fix.

App Description

Identify butterflies and common day-flying moths of Western Europe, including all British butterflies. The app covers an area from Ireland in the west, eastwards to Austria, south to Sicily and north to Finland and Sweden. Select just the species from one country, or browse through all the species.

The specially written information about each species includes a variety of photos showing males, females, upper and undersides and any variations, plus a distribution map and notes on appearance, habitat, favourite nectar source, distribution and rarity status. More species will be added at regular intervals.

As with other Spiny nature guides, extensive record keeping features are included, with iCloud syncing to keep your data safe. Note the location, time and date of the sighting, make notes, view your records on a map or as a list, and download as an Excel file.

You can even add your own photos to the app to compliment the images provided and to really make the app your own!

The app also includes a photo-based Butterfly Finder to help identify mystery butterflies using a combination of filters including details of appearance, location, altitude and date.

Special features:
• Includes the most common day-flying moths as well as butterflies
• A photo-based 'Butterfly Finder' based on appearance, habitat, location, date and more
• Carefully selected photos of males, females, upper and undersides.
• Labelled photos of key features
• A 'compare images'feature
• A 'History' feature to make it easy to go back to the last species you looked at
• A European distribution map for every species
• iCloud syncing to keep your data safe
• A back-up system so you can save your data
• Export your list of sightings
• You can add your own photos of the butterfly or its habitat

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • March 30, 2013 Initial release
  • April 05, 2013 Price increase: $4.99 -> $5.99
  • April 07, 2013 Price decrease: $5.99 -> $4.99
  • August 11, 2013 New version 1.0.1
  • September 13, 2013 New version 1.0.2
  • September 17, 2013 New version 1.0.3
  • October 16, 2013 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $0.99
  • October 19, 2013 Price increase: $0.99 -> $2.99
  • April 17, 2014 New version 1.0.4
  • April 22, 2014 New version 1.0.5
  • May 16, 2014 Price increase: $2.99 -> $4.99
  • May 31, 2014 Price decrease: $4.99 -> FREE!
  • June 02, 2014 Price increase: FREE! -> $4.99
  • June 27, 2014 New version 1.0.6
  • June 29, 2014 New version 1.0.7
  • July 13, 2014 Price increase: $4.99 -> $5.99
  • August 19, 2014 Price increase: $5.99 -> $6.99
  • February 17, 2015 New version 1.0.8
  • February 26, 2015 New version 1.0.9
  • April 16, 2015 New version 1.1.0
  • October 08, 2015 New version 1.1.1
  • July 07, 2016 New version 1.2.0
  • September 16, 2023 New version 2.0.1

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