Nick Upton / Slow motion clip of a Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) and a Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) nectaring on Saw-wort flowers (Serratula tinctoria), with a Silver-washed fritillary (Argyn...

Loic Poidevin / Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) on Lavender flowers (Lavandula), Vendee, France. July.

Rod Williams / Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) female animal feeding on common ragwort Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) male animal, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK, July.

Stephen Dalton / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) in flight, Sussex, England, UK. July.

Andy Sands / Gatekeeper / Hedge Brown butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) nectaring from flower of common Bistort, Hertfordshire, England, UK, July

Sue Daly / Gatekeeper Butterfly (Pyronia tithonus), Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Stephen Dalton / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) Sussex, England, UK, July.

Stephen Dalton / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) in flight, Rookery Wood, Sussex, England, UK. July.

Nick Upton / Slow motion clip of a Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) and a Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) landing to nectar on Saw-wort flowers (Serratula tinctoria), Lower Woods Gloucestershire Wi...

Nick Upton / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) nectaring on Saw-wort flowers (Serratula tinctoria), with another butterfly courting it, Lower Woods Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) nectaring on Saw-wort flowers (Serratula tinctoria), with a Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) flying nearby, Lower Woods Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust...

Nick Upton / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) nectaring on Greater Knapweed flower (Centaurea scabiosa) in a chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) and Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) butterflies and Hoverflies (Eristalis sp.) nectaring on Wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare) flowers, Wiltshire, England, UK, August.

Russell Cooper / Hedge Brown / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) feeding from lavender. Surrey, England, UK. July.

Russell Cooper / Hedge Brown / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) basking wings open, Southwest London, England, UK, July.

Stephen Dalton / Gatekeeper / Hedge Brown butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) Sussex, UK

Rod Williams / Male Gatekeeper / Hedge brown butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) on leaf, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, July.

Alex Hyde / Gatekeeper / Hedge brown butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) female basking on bramble leaf. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.

Russell Cooper / Hedge Brown / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) resting on a leaf, London, UK.

Russell Cooper / Male Gatekeeper/ Hedge brown butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) wings open, Wimbeldon Common SSSI, London, UK. July,

Stephen Dalton / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) Sussex, England, UK. July.

Alan Williams / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) feeding on Oregano (Origanum vulgare) flowers in garden. Cheshire, UK, July.

Robin Chittenden / Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) Suffolk, England, UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) feeding, Sussex, England, UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) Sussex, England, UK, August.

Rod Williams / Male Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) feeding on ragwort, Lewisham, London, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) feeding on ragwort, Lewisham, London, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) pair mating, Lewisham, London, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) on leaf with wings folded, Lewisham, London, UK, July.

Loic Poidevin / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus), Breton Marsh, France, July.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) Erpolzheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Bernard Castelein / Hedge brown (Pyronia tithonus) butterfly on Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Klein Schietveld Nature Reserve, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Pair of Hedge brown (Pyronia tithonus) butterflies, mating, Klein Schietveld Nature Reserve, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Hedge brown (Pyronia tithonus) butterfly resting on a leaf, Klein Schietveld Nature Reserve, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Philippe Clement / Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) butterfly feeding on nectar from Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), Belgium. July.

Robin Chittenden / Gatekeeper butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) resting on Bramble (Rubus fruticosus). Thorpe Marshes, Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. July.

Nick Upton / Gatekeeper / Hedge brown butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) nectaring on a Wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare) flowerhead, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Gatekeeper / Hedge brown butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) nectaring on a Wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare) flowerhead, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Gatekeeper / Hedge brown butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) mating pair, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June - Focus Stacked

Nick Upton / Gatekeeper / Hedge brown butterflies (Pyronia tithonus) nectaring on Sea holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) in coastal sand dunes, The Gower, Wales, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Gatekeeper / Hedge brown butterfly (Pyronia tithonus) nectaring on a Wild marjoram (Origanum vulgare) flowerhead, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July.