Loic Poidevin / Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) male,on a grass, Vendee, France, June.

Bernard Castelein / Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina), Peerdbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. July

Bernard Castelein / Meadow Brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) head on view, wings closed, on leaf, Peerdbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. June

Bernard Castelein / Meadow Brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) head on view, wings closed, on leaf, Peerdbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. June

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of a Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) chasing a Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina) from a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower, Bavaria, Germany, July.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of a Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) nectaring on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower with a Bumblebee (Bombus), Bavaria, Germany, July.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of Meadow browns (Maniola jurtina) nectaring and interacting on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower, Bavaria, Germany, July.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of a Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina) nectaring on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower, with Bumblebees (Bombus), Bavaria, Germany, July.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of a Marbled white (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower, with a Honeybee (Apis) flying past, Bavaria, Germany, July

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of a Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) nectaring on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower, with a Blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) flying past, Bavaria, Germany, July

Ross Hoddinott / Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) resting on dewy, backlit grass, Vealand Farm, Devon, UK. June.

Lorraine Bennery / Meadow brown butterfly chrysalis (Maniola jurtina) Prealpes d'Azur Regional Natural Park, France, June.