Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Large blue butterfly (Phengaris arion), resting on a Pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) flower, Collard Hill, Somerset, England, UK, June 2011

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus), resting on flowering heather, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK September

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas) butterfly resting on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, August

Ross Hoddinott / Small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria selene) wings closed, resting on fern, Boscastle, North Cornwall, UK, May 2011.

Ross Hoddinott / Small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria selene) resting with open wings, Marsland Mouth, Cornwall/Devon border, UK, May.

Barry Mansell / Tailed jay butterfly (Graphium agamemnnon) from ~Southeast Asia. Captive

Alex Hyde / Purple Emperor Butterfly (Apatura iris) male against white background. Captive, UK.

Alex Hyde / Purple Emperor Butterfly (Apatura iris) male resting with wings closed against white background. Captive, UK.

Alex Hyde / Purple Emperor Butterfly (Apatura iris) male on English Oak (Quercus robur) leaf with wings closed. Captive, UK

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus) on hawkbit flower. Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, June.

Colin Varndell / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) newly emerged at rest on dock leaf, Dorset, UK August

Colin Varndell / Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) portrait, UK, August