Ross Hoddinott / Large Red damselfly {Pyrrhosoma nymphula}, Tamar lakes, Cornwall. UK

Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterfly {Polyommatus icarus} resting on plantain, Dorset. UK

Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterfly {Polyommatus icarus} resting on bee orchid {Ophrys apifera}, Cornwall. UK

Andy Sands / Brimstone butterfly (Goneopteryx rhamni) Male at rest on Primrose flower, West Sussex, UK April

Andy Sands / Brown Hairstreak {Thecla betulae} male basking with wings open, captive, UK.

Andy Sands / Brown Hairstreak {Thecla betulae} female basking with wings open, Captive, UK.

Andy Sands / Brown Hairstreak {Thecla betulae} sitting on Backthorn leaf with wings closed, Captive, UK.

Adrian Davies / Male Brimstone butterfly {Gonepteryx rhamni) on March thistle UK, Europe

Paul Hobson / Silver washed fritillary {Argynnis paphia} chrysalis / pupa, UK.

Colin Varndell / Small tortoiseshell butterfly {Aglais urticae} resting. UK.

Chris Packham / Marbled white butterfly {Melanargia galathea} camouflaged in rocks, UK.

David Kjaer / Silver washed fritillary {Argynnis paphia} on flower. UK.