Kerstin Hinze / Painted lady (Vanessa cardui) nectaring, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, June.

Ingo Arndt / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) in flight, Germany

Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on flower, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. September.

Gary K. Smith / Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly (Aglais urticae) feeding on Sea Holly flowers (Eryngium maritimum) on coastal dunes, North Norfolk, England, August.

LYNN M. STONE / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on Montauk Daisy, Madison, Connecticut, USA.

Silvia Reiche / Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) butterfly, Netherlands

Alex Hyde / Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) feeding on rotten apple. Derbyshire, August.

Ernie Janes / Small Tortoisehell Butterfly (Aglais urticae) on cone flowers (Echinacea) in garden with greenhouse in background England, UK, August.

Stephen Dalton / Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) shortly after taking off from Aster flowers, UK, sequence 1/4

Stephen Dalton / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) resting on Bugle flower (Ajuga sp) with wings open, UK

Stephen Dalton / Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) on Buddleia flowers, UK

Stephen Dalton / Peacock butterfly (Vanessa io) in flight, UK