Loic Poidevin / Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes venatus) on flower, Vendee, France, July.

Rod Williams / Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus) male, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. June.

Lorraine Bennery / Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus) resting on fern, Seine-et-Marne, France, July.

Stephen Dalton / Larger skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) feeding from Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor) flowers, Sussex, England, UK. June.

Stephen Dalton / Larger skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) feeding on Yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor) Rookery Wood, Sussex, England, UK. June.

Alex Hyde / Large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July.

Russell Cooper / Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes venata) Southwest London, England, UK, June.

Rod Williams / Large Skipper butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus) female feeding on creeping thistle, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK June

Rod Williams / Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus) male resting on bramble, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, UK, June

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