Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity ...

Unlike the small tortoiseshell butterfly, the large tortoiseshell butterfly hasn't been a resident of the UK since the 1960s.

It is as much a part of the British summer as strawberries and cream and the smell of freshly cut grass. But this year, the small tortoiseshell butterfly has done a flit. The orange and black insect ...

The Large Tortoiseshell has only had rare sightings over the last three decades but experts say any updated list of species would 'probably class it as no longer extinct' ...