Juergen Freund / Featherstars / crinoids attached to Gorgonian coral, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Sandesh Kadur / Edwards Atlas Moth (Attacus edwardsii) defensive display. Bhutan, June.

Alex Hyde / Indian moon / Indian luna moth (Actias selene) head-on view showing feather-like antennae. Captive.

Alex Hyde / Bullseye / Io moth (Automeris io) showing eye spot markings on wings during deimatic display to deter predators, photographed on a white background, originating from North and Central America, sequenc...

Andy Sands / Small emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) female with wings open showing eyespots on Gorse, Captive, UK, April

Andy Sands / Small emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) male with wings open showing eyespots on lichen covered twig, Captive, UK, April

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Orange Tip butterfly {Anthocharis cardamines} female resting on Cuckooflower {Cardamine pratensis}, north Devon, UK. April

Alex Hyde / Common Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon) with wings spread on a white background. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, 1700 metres altitude, July.

Alex Hyde / Common Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) resting on Meadow Clary (Salvia pratensis) flowers, backlit. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, 1700 metres altitude, July.

Alex Hyde / Common Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon) resting on Viper's Bugloss / Blueweed (Echium vulgare) in alpine meadow. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, 1700 metres altitude, July.

Alex Hyde / Common Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) feeding on Meadow Clary (Salvia pratensis) flowers. Nordtirol, Tirol, Austrian Alps, Austria, 1700 metres altitude, July.

Konrad Wothe / Cairns birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera priamus) male on fern leaf and Blue Mountain Swallowtail butterfly in flight, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, October

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion) on a Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) flower, Collard Hill, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011. Did you know? The large blue's life cycle is dependent on the...

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large blue butterfly (Phengaris arion), resting on a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower, Collard Hill, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus), resting on flowering heather, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK September

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas) butterfly resting on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August

Ross Hoddinott / Small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria selene) wings closed, resting on fern, Boscastle, North Cornwall, UK, May 2011.

Ross Hoddinott / Small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria selene) resting with open wings, Marsland Mouth, Cornwall/Devon border, UK, May.

Barry Mansell / Tailed jay butterfly (Graphium agamemnnon) from ~Southeast Asia. Captive

Alex Hyde / Purple Emperor Butterfly (Apatura iris) male against white background. Captive, UK.

Alex Hyde / Purple Emperor Butterfly (Apatura iris) male resting with wings closed against white background. Captive, UK.

Alex Hyde / Purple Emperor Butterfly (Apatura iris) male on English Oak (Quercus robur) leaf with wings closed. Captive, UK

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus) on hawkbit flower. Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June.

Colin Varndell / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) newly emerged at rest on dock leaf, Dorset, UK August

Colin Varndell / Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) portrait, UK, August

Claudio Contreras / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) hibernating, Mariposa Monarca Special Biosphere Reserve, central Mexico, January.

Alex Hyde / Mountain Clouded Yellow (Colias phicomone) profile portrait, Aosta Valley, Monte Rosa Massif, Pennine Alps, Italy

Ross Hoddinott / Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) female resting on bluebell, Lanhydrock woodland, Cornwall. May 2012.

Ross Hoddinott / Marbled White butterfly (Melanargia galathea) at rest, Dunsdon Nature Reserve, Devon, UK. July.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) nectaring on a thistle (Cirsium), Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, near Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK, June.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Fritillary butterfly (Melitea sp.) North Velebit National Park, Velebit Nature Park, Rewilding Europe area, Velebit mountains, Croatia, June

Colin Varndell / Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) on Michaelmas daisy flowers. Dorset, UK, October 2012.

Benjamin Barthelemy / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus), Vallee de la Seille (Seille Valley), Lorraine, France, August

Benjamin Barthelemy / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea), Vallee de la Seille (Seille Valley), Lorraine, France, June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Common Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) backlit, Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, September

Colin Varndell / Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) on French marigold (Tagetes patula) flowers. September, Dorset UK

Benjamin Barthelemy / Chalkhill blue (Lysandra coridon) on a Field scabious (Knautia arvensis) flower, Reserve Naturelle de la Vallee des Cailles, Eure-et-Loir, France, August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Apollo butterfly (Parnasius apollo) Mount Terminillo, Rieti, Lazio, Italy. July

Jussi Murtosaari / Pearl Bordered Fritillary butterfly (Clossiana euphrosyne) male, central Finland, May.

Jussi Murtosaari / Queen of Spain Fritillary butterfly (Issoria lathonia) on anthemis, southwest Finland, July.

Ernie Janes / Peacock Butterfly Inachis io on garden buddeia