Lorraine Bennery / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) resting on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower, Vaucluse, France, May.

Lorraine Bennery / Spotted Fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) resting on Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower, Vaucluse, France, May.

Lorraine Bennery / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) on flower, Prealpes d'Azur Regional Natural Park, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / A special coloring of Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma), Alpes-Maritimes, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Caterpillar larva of Meadow / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma), Alpes-Maritimes, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) chrysalis, Vercors Regional Natural Park, France, June.

Kim Taylor / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) on Horehound (Marrubium peregrinum) Bulgaria, July.

Kim Taylor / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) Bulgaria, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Spotted fritillary (Melitaea didyma) Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spotted fritillary caterpillar (Melitaea didyma) Sibillini, Italy, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Spotted fritillary butterflies (Melitaea didyma) male approaching female, Luberon Regional Natural Park, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) chrysalis, Alpes-Maritimes, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Spotted fritillary butterflies (Melitaea didyma) male approaching female, Luberon Regional Natural Park, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma), Coussouls de Crau National Natural Reserve, Bouches du Rhone, France, May.

Lorraine Bennery / Spotted fritillary's caterpillar (Melitaea didyma) parasitized by a solitary wasp, La Brenne Regional Natural Park, Indre, France, June.

Nick Upton / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) sunning in an alpine meadow, Durmitor National Park, Montenegro, July.

Paul Hobson / Spotted fritillary (Melitaea didyma) adult at rest on seed head, Melnick, Bulgaria.

Robert Thompson / Spotted Fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) Saint Sauveur Sur Tinee, Mercantour National Park, Provence, France, June.

Robert Thompson / Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma) caterpillar, Mercantour National Park, Provence, France, July.

Robert Thompson / Spotted Fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma meridionalis) Mercantour National Park, Provence, France, July.

Robert Thompson / Spotted Fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) on flower, Fort de Rimplas, Mercantour National Park, Provence, France, July.

Robert Thompson / Spotted Fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) Mercantour National Park, Provence, France, July.

MYN / Emanuele Biggi / Spotted Fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) mating pair on daisy, Italy, June. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Guy Edwardes / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) resting on flower, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. June.

Guy Edwardes / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) on Plantain (Plantago lanceolata) in wildflower meadow at sunset, Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. June.

Guy Edwardes / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) feeding on Mediterranean hartwort (Tordylium apulum) flower, near Bratsigovo, Bulgaria. June.

Guy Edwardes / Spotted fritillary (Melitaea didyma) larva/caterpillar, near Bratsigovo, Bulgaria June

Guy Edwardes / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) resting on Scabious (Knautia sp.) seedhead, Bratsigovo, Bulgaria. June.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) portrait, Sibillini, Umbira, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) nectaring on flower, Sibillini, Umbria, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Male Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) on lavender, Umbria, Italy. August.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) male on lavender, at Podere Montecucco, Orvieto Umbria. Italy. August.

Guy Edwardes / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitaea didyma) on Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare). Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria. June.

Pascal Pittorino / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitea didyma) on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidal) Grands Causses Regional Natural Park, Lozere, France, June

Pascal Pittorino / Spotted fritillary butterfly (Melitea didyma) on Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidal) Grands Causses Regional Natural Park, Lozere, France, June