Bernard Castelein / Small heath butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus) on Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), covered with dew droplets. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Small heath butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus) on Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), covered in dew. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Small heath butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus), wing covered in dew droplets. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Nick Upton / Small heath butterfly, southern form (Coenonympha pamphilus lyllus) feeding on Sea holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on a beach, Sardinia, Italy, June.

Bernard Castelein / Small Heath butterfly ( Coenonympha pamphilus), Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August

Robert Thompson / Dusky heath butterfly (Coenonympha dorus) resting on plant. South of Casteil, Pyrenees Orientales, south west France. May.

Robert Thompson / Common heath butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus) St Caterina di Valfurva, Alps, Italy

Robert Thompson / Alpine heath butterfly (Coenonympha gardetta) Santa Caterina di Valfurva, Alps, Italy, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Chestnut heath (Coenonympha glycerion), Savoie, France, July.

Lorraine Bennery / Pearly heath butterfly (Coenonympha arcania), Vaucluse, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Small heath butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus), Baronnies Provencales Regional Natural Park, France, September.

Lorraine Bennery / Small heath butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus), La Brenne Regional Natural Park, France, June.