Stephen Dalton / Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) in flight - the tatty rear wing indicating that this butterfly is nearing the end of its life, controlled conditions.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperanthus) with wings closed, Somerset Levels, UK, July

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Ringlet butterfly {Aphantopus hyperantus} resting on yellow rattle flowers, Denmark Farm, Lampeter, Wales, UK. June

Andy Sands / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) roosting in early morning sun, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Ross Hoddinott / Ringlet butterflies mating {Aphantopus hyperantus} Cornwall, UK.

Ross Hoddinott / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) resting on a yellow rattle flower, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. June.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) nectaring on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower with a Fritillary (Melitaea), distrubed by another, Bavaria, Germany, July.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of male False heath fritillary butterflies (Melitaea diamina) on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower, disturbing a Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus), Bavaria, Germany, July.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) nectaring on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower with a False heath fritillary (Melitaea diamina), disturbed by another (Melitaea), Bavaria, Ger...

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of Ringlets (Aphantopus hyperantus) nectaring on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower alongside False heath fritillaries (Melitaea diamina), with a Marbled white (Melanargia galathea) flying...

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) nectaring on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower alongside a False heath fritillary (Melitaea diamina),and a Marbled white (Melanargia galathea...

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of group of Ringlets (Aphantopus hyperantus) resting on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower alongside a False heath fritillary (Melitaea diamina), disturbed by another butterfly, Bavaria, G...