Sr Gabriel thinks this butterfly has stronger colours than previous sightings at this garden in Dysart, Fife. Huge numbers of painted lady butterflies have been seen in the UK and Ireland.

Painted lady butterflies regularly migrate up to 9,000 miles from Europe to sub-Saharan Africa. However, they stop along the way to rest and replenish themselves. But in order to reach South ...

(NewsNation) — In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have mapped the transatlantic flight of the painted lady butterfly, found in South America for the first time in 2013. The species ...