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

B&S Draker / Pipevine Swallowtail Butterflies (Battus philenor) pair mating close-up. Sinton, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend, Texas, USA, June.

Jouan & Rius / Nocturnal butterfly in rainforest, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Bernard Castelein / Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) at rest on Cuckoo-flower (Cardamine pratensis) Wuustwezel, Belgium, April

Bernard Castelein / Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) at rest on Cuckoo-flower (Cardamine pratensis) Wuustwezel, Belgium, April

Petra Wegner / Papillon / Continental Toy Spaniel / Butterfly Dog, portrait sitting in snow, panting, with picket fence behind

Colin Varndell / Female Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) at rest on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom. Dorset, UK April

Stephen Dalton / Owl butterfly (Caligo eurilochus) sheltering from rain

Stephen Dalton / Small copper butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas) on Helianthus flower, UK

Edwin Giesbers / Portrait of Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) at rest on flower, Lesbos, Greece

Stephen Dalton / Brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx sp) in flight over Buddleia flowers, England, UK

Nick Garbutt / Male Comet / Madagascar moon moth (Argema mittrei) recently emerged drying its wings. Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar.