Jabruson / Mass emergence of rainforest Skipper butterflies (Melphina sp.) Lokoue Bai, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Cuvette, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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

Sven Zacek / Small Skipper Butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) feeding on flowers. Estonia, Europe, June.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on Ribbed meliot (Meliotus officinalis), Powerstock Common DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, June

Edwin Giesbers / Portrait of Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) at rest on flower, Lesbos, Greece

Andy Sands / Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) covered in dew, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Ross Hoddinott / Grizzled skipper butterfly {Pyrgus malvae}, Dorset. UK

Duncan Mcewan / Chequered skipper butterfly. Scotland

George McCarthy / Silver spotted skipper butterfly, Surrey, England

Duncan Murrell / Indian skipper frog or skittering frog (Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis), Laxapana Falls, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka.

John Shaw / Mardon skipper butterfly (Polites mardon) on sage leaf. Oregon, USA. August.

Rod Williams / Female Essex skipper butterfly (Thymelicus lineola) on common ragwort, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, July