Ross Hoddinott / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) resting on devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Vealand Farm, Devon, UK. August

Ross Hoddinott / Female chalkhill blue butterfly (Lysandra coridon) with wings closed resting on Devils-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Hatch Hill, Somerset, UK. August 2016.

Ross Hoddinott / Mating pair of chalkhill blue butterflies (Lysandra coridon) with wings closed resting on Devils-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Hatch Hill, Somerset, UK. August

Ross Hoddinott / Mating pair of chalkhill blue butterflies (Lysandra coridon) with wings closed resting on Devils-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Hatch Hill, Somerset, UK. August

Ross Hoddinott / Small skipper butterfly (Thymelicus sylvestris) resting on devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Collard Hill, Somerset, UK. July.

Ross Hoddinott / Paired/mating marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) on devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Collard Hill, Somerset, July.

Ernie Janes / Devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) late summer, Norfolk, England, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / Devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) Keen of Hamar National Nature Reserve, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, UK, August.

Ross Hoddinott / Male chalkhill blue butterfly (Lysandra coridon) with wings closed resting on Devils-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Hatch Hill, Somerset, UK. August 2016.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), Büchelberg, Germany. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Devils-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) flowers, Büchelberg, Pfalz, Germany. September. Meetyourneighbours.net project