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

Will Watson / Dingy skippers (Erynnis tages), mating on Glaucous sedge (Carex flacca) Knightwick, Worcestershire, England, UK, May.

Rod Williams / Small Skippers (Thymelicus sylvestris) mating butterfly pair, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK July

MYN / Joao P. Burini / Skipper (Hesperiidae) Sao Paulo, Brazil. meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Matt Cole / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris), Leicestershire, England, UK, July. meetyourneighbours.net project

Jussi Murtosaari / Silver-spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma) male butterfly feeding on thistle flower, Finland, July

Paul Harcourt Davies / Large skipper butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus) on flower, near Torrealfina, Orvieto, Italy, August