Wild Wonders of Europe / Benvie / Grayling butterfly (Hipparchia semele) Fliess, Naturpark Kaunergrat, Tirol, Austria, July 2008

Nick Upton / Climbing butcher's broom / Gibalbera (Semele androgyna), with fruit in montane Laurel forest / Laurissilva, Los Tilos de Moya, Doramas Rural Park. Gran Canaria UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Gran Canaria,...

Nick Upton / Climbing butcher's broom / Gibalbera (Semele androgyna), a Canaries endemic, flowering from leaf-like flatted stems or cladodes in montane Laurel forest / Laurissilva, Los Tilos de Moya, Doramas Rural...

Nick Upton / Climbing butcher's broom / Gibalbera (Semele androgyna), a Canaries endemic, flowering from leaf-like flatted stems or cladodes in montane Laurel forest / Laurissilva, Los Tilos de Moya, Doramas Rural...

Nick Upton / Climbing butcher's broom / Gibalbera (Semele androgyna), a Canaries endemic, flowering from leaf-like flatted stems or cladodes in montane Laurel forest / Laurissilva, Los Tilos de Moya, Doramas Rural...

Alan Williams / Grayling Butterflies (Hipparchia semele) feeding on Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) growing on shore of Dee Estuary, Hoylake, Wirral, UK, August.

Alan Williams / Grayling Butterflies (Hipparchia semele) feeding on Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum) growing on shore of Dee Estuary, Hoylake, Wirral, UK, July.

Colin Varndell / Grayling butterfly (Hipparchia semele) at rest on bell heather. Morden Bog, Dorset, UK August.

David Kjaer / Grayling butterfly (Hipparchia semele), Dorset, UK, July.

Colin Varndell / Grayling butterfly (Hipparchia semele) feeding on wild marjoram nectar. Dorset, UK, July.

Robin Chittenden / Grayling butterfly (Hipparchia semele) Suffolk, England, UK, August.

Jussi Murtosaari / Grayling butterfly (Hipparchia semele) Aland Islands, Finland, August.