Rod Williams / Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus) male resting on bramble, Warwick Gardens, Peckham, London, UK, June

Robin Chittenden / Large Skipper butterfly (Ochlodes venatus) Norfolk, UK, July

Chris Mattison / Large Skipper butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire UK July

Lorraine Bennery / Large chequered skipper butterfly (Heteropterus morpheus), La Brenne Regional Natural Park, France, July.

Rod Williams / Male Large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) on partially eaten leaf, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, July.

Rod Williams / Male Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus) on Everlasting sweet pea flower, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, July.

Silvia Reiche / Large Chequered Skipper (Heteropterus morpheus) butterfly, Netherlands

Rod Williams / Male Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus) feeding on Black knapweed flower, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, June.

Mike Read / Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes venatus) male on Bracken (Pteredium aquilinum) Dartmeet, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, July.

Dave Bevan / Large skipper (Ochlodes venatus) feeding on nectar from Vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare) Hungary, June.

David Kjaer / Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes venata) mating, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Russell Cooper / Mating pair of Large skipper butterflies (Ochlodes venatus) London, UK, June.