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

Kim Taylor / Pearly heath butterfly (Coenonympha arcania). Italy, July.

Robert Thompson / Pearly heath (Coenonympha arcania) Riou de Meaulx, Provence, southern France, May.

Robert Thompson / Pearly heath (Coenonympha arcania) Riou de Meaulx, Provence, southern France, May.

Robert Thompson / Pearly heath butterfly (Coenonympha arcania) on flower head, near Viscos, Pyrenees National Park, France, July.

Robert Thompson / Pearly heath butterfly (Coenonympha arcania) on flower head, near Viscos, Pyrenees National Park, France, July.

Kim Taylor / Pearly Heath Butterfly (Coenonympha arcania) feeding on nectar, on white flower, with Carpet beetles (Anthrenus verbasci) feeding on pollen, Croatia

Hans Christoph Kappel / Pearly heath butterfly (Coenonympha arcania) Germany

Hans Christoph Kappel / Pearly Heath Butterfly (Coenonympha arcania) captive, Germany

Paul Harcourt Davies / Pearly heath butterfly (Coenonympha arcania) on a leaf, portrait, Nr Orvieto. Umbria, Italy. July.