Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) nectaring on a thistle (Cirsium), Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, near Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK, June.

Duncan Mcewan / Chequered skipper butterfly. Scotland

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) nectaring on a thistle (Cirsium), Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, near Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK, June.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Chequered skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) nectaring on a thistle (Cirsium), Glasdrum Wood National Nature Reserve, near Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK, June.

Robert Thompson / Chequered skipper butterfly (Carterocephalus palaemon) at rest on grass stem, wiping proboscis, Kandersteg, Switzerland, June

Laurie Campbell / Chequered skipper butterfly (Carterocephalus palaemon) Locharber, Scotland, UK, May

Silvia Reiche / Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) butterfly, Eifel, Germany

Silvia Reiche / Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) butterfly on Black Rampion (Phyteuma nigrum) flower, Germany

Niall Benvie / Chequered skipper butterfly {Carterocephalus palaemon} at rest, Estonia.

Steve Knell / Chequered skipper butterfly {Carterocephalus palaemon} Scotland, UK