Jussi Murtosaari / Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) male in habitat, Finland, April.

Jussi Murtosaari / Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) male flying in habitat, Finland, April.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) on Bramble (Rubus fructicosus) leaves, Gamlingay Wood, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April, UK

Russell Cooper / Male Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) sunning on leaf, South London, UK, August

Dave Bevan / Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) nectaring on Buddleia (Buddleja) flower, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.

Colin Varndell / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) at rest, wings open. Dorset, UK June.

Michael W. Richards / Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) feeding on Blackberries (Rubus fruticosus), Somerset, England, UK, August.

Russell Cooper / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) Southwest London, England, UK. April.

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) pupa, Lorsch, Hessen, Germany. March. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Newly emerged Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria), Lorsch, Hessen, Germany. May. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria), Lorsch, Hessen, Germany. November. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria), Lorsch, Hessen, Germany. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) caterpillar climbing grass stem, Lorsch, Hessen, Germany. October. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) caterpillar climbing grass stem, Lorsch, Hessen, Germany. October. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) caterpillar climbing grass stem, Lorsch, Hessen, Germany. October. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Dirk Funhoff / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) caterpillar climbing grass stem, Lorsch, Hessen, Germany. October. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Andy Sands / Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting with wings closed, Oxfordshire, England, UK, May

Stephen Dalton / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) in flight, Sussex, UK

Stephen Dalton / Photographer Stephen Dalton with his indoor studio set up for insect flight photography of Speckled Wood butterfly (Parage aegeria) September 2015

Stephen Dalton / Photographer Stephen Dalton with his indoor studio set up for insect flight photography of Speckled Wood butterfly (Parage aegeria) September 2015

MYN / Niall Benvie / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) France, April.

Gary K. Smith / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) basking on rusty farm machinery, Norfolk, England, August.

Russell Cooper / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) female, resting on Dog-rose, London, UK, May.

Russell Cooper / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on bramble leaf, South-west London, UK

Stephen Dalton / Sprckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) European form, Menorca. May.

Rod Williams / Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) on leaf, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, UK, September.

Alan Williams / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) leaf. Cheshire, UK, August.

Rod Williams / Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK.

Alan Williams / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on leaf. Cheshire, UK, August.

Rod Williams / Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, UK. April

Colin Varndell / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting, Dorset, UK, August.

Gary K. Smith / Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria)

Alex Hyde / Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria), Derbyshire, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) well camouflaged sunning on a woodland footpath, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria tircis) female, Finland, May.

Peter Lewis / Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK. April.

Jussi Murtosaari / Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria) eating on apple tree, Finland, June

Stephen Dalton / Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) in flight, controlled conditions.

Loic Poidevin / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) on a leaf, Vendee, West France

Loic Poidevin / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) on a leaf, Vendee, West France

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on dead branch, Atlantic Oakwoods, Sunart, Scotland, May.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on a rock, Atlantic Oakwoods, Sunart, Scotland, May.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on dead bracken, Atlantic Oakwoods, Sunart, Scotland, May.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on dead oak leaves at sunset, Atlantic Oakwoods, Sunart, Scotland, May. Did you know? Butterflies can remember things they have learnt as a caterpilla...

Mark Payne-Gill / Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) pupa, hibernating in snow. Studio, Bristol.

Mark Payne-Gill / Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria) pupa among thawing snow. UK.

Mark Payne-Gill / Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria) pupa camouflaged as a leaf. Studio, Bristol.

Rod Williams / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) feeding on nectar of Ivy flower, South London, UK, September

Colin Varndell / Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria) at rest with wings open, Dorset, UK, August

Will Watson / Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) at rest with wings open on Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) Herefordshire, England, UK, August

Robert Thompson / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on leaf with wings closed, Montiaghs Moss NNR, Aghalee, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, April

Robert Thompson / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on leaf with wings open, Montiaghs Moss NNR, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, April

Stephen Dalton / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) on leaf, UK

Russell Cooper / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) South London, UK

Russell Cooper / Male Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on bramble, London. UK.

Russell Cooper / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) on leaf, South London, UK

Russell Cooper / Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on leaf, London, UK

Gary K. Smith / Speckled wood butterfly {Pararge aegeria} feeding on Common Ivy flower {Hedera helix} Norfolk, UK, September

Andy Sands / Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on Fern, Captive, UK

Andy Sands / Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on Fern, Captive, UK

Andy Sands / Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria) first generation basking with wings open, Captive, UK

David Kjaer / Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) butterfly, Wiltshire, England

David Kjaer / Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) butterfly, Wiltshire, England

Hans Christoph Kappel / Speckled wood butterfly {Pararge aegeria} on leaves, Portugal

PREMAPHOTOS / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria tircis) feeding from a ripe blackberry fruit, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria tircis) male on a bramble bush, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria tircis) with a piece pecked out of a hind-wing beside an eye-spot, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria tircis) UK

Andy Sands / Portrait of speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria)with wings closed. Captive. UK

Andy Sands / Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria) basking with wings open, UK. Captive.

Duncan Mcewan / Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) on bracken, Scotland

Hans Christoph Kappel / Speckled Wood Butterfly {Pararge aegeria} Germany

Duncan Mcewan / Speckled wood butterfly on bracken, Scotland, UK

Robin Chittenden / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) Buxton Heath, Norfolk, UK, April.

Rod Williams / Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) with wings folded Lewisham, London, England, UK, May.

John Waters / Two Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) males chasing each other to defend territory in woodland, Bristol, England, UK, May.

John Waters / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) male in flight in woodland, Bristol, England, UK. May.

Ashley Cooper / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on a leaf, Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, Lancashire, UK. June.

Robin Chittenden / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on leaf, Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, UK. September.

David Tipling / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) in flight, Ham Wall RSPB Reserve, Somerset, England, UK. August.

John Waters / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on ivy before flying away, Bristol, UK, April.

John Waters / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on ivy before flying away, Bristol, UK, April.

John Waters / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on ivy before flying away, Bristol, UK, April.

John Waters / Two male Speckled wood butterflies (Pararge aegeria) engaging in territorial combat, Bristol, UK, April.

John Waters / Two male Speckled wood butterflies (Pararge aegeria) engaging in territorial combat, Bristol, UK, April.

Rod Williams / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) pair mating. Beverley Court Gardens, Lewisham, London, England, UK. July.

Philippe Clement / Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) butterfly with severely damaged wings resting on leaf, Belgium, April