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.

Peter Schwarz/ BIA / Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma) butterfly, Dalmatia, Croatia

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.

Peter Schwarz/ BIA / Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma) butterfly on Marguerite (Leucanthemum vulgare), Valais, Switzerland

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