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Under side of Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) on flower head of Lady's Smock (Cuckoo Flower) (Cardamine pratensis)
Under side of Orange Tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) on flower head of Lady's Smock (Cuckoo Flower) (Cardamine pratensis)
A Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) with symmetrical damage to both hind wings, probably as the result of a bird attack, resting on Sedum spectabile
Underside of Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on a garden Buddleia (Buddleja) davidii, Cumbria, England
Under side of Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) perching on an Oxeye Daisy, Nethybridge, Cairngorms National Park, Scottish Highlands
Under side of Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) on Common Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Cairngorms National Park, Badenoch, Scottish Highlands
Under side of Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus), Cairngorms National Park, Badenoch, Scottish Highlands
Under side of Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) on Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa), Cairngorms National Park, Badenoch, Scottish Highlands
Under side of Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) perching on the hand, Cairngorms National Park, Badenoch, Scottish Highlands
Under side of Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) on Rubus sp leaf, Cairngorms National Park, Badenoch, Scottish Highlands
Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) resting on Common Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum), Whitbarrow Fell, Cumbria, England
Upper side of Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) resting on Common Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum), Whitbarrow Fell, Cumbria, England
Upper side of typical male Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) with no rings evident, Cairngorms National Park, Badenoch, Scottish Highlands
Upper side of typical male Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) with hardly any rings evident, Cairngorms National Park, Badenoch, Scottish Highlands
Upper side of typical female Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) with rings very evident, Cairngorms National Park, Badenoch & Strathspey
Ageing Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) - faded and tatty, Cairngorms National Park, Badenoch, Scottish Highlands. The largest piece of hind wing damage is probably the result of a bird attack.
Under side of a female Brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) feeding on a garden Impatiens sp flower (known as Busy Lizzie in Great Britain
Under side of a Brimstone butterfly (Gonopteryx rhamni) feeding on Sedum spectabile in an English garden