Britain faces African butterfly 'invasion'

Millions of butterflies from Africa have started swarming into the UK, wildlife experts have claimed.

The Butterfly Conservation Trust say 'Painted Lady' butterflies are migrating to Europe seeking cooler temperatures.

While this has been happening every summer for years they claim this year it the largest influx of the orange and black butterfly in decades

The group - who have spotted huge swarms in the South East - is now asking members of the public to help them monitor the migration by logging sightings on their website.

According to some experts up to 50 of the exotic migrants are arriving in the UK every minute ... something the Daily Mail got all excited about before they realized it was only butterflies.