Stephen Dalton / Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) in flight - the tatty rear wing indicating that this butterfly is nearing the end of its life, controlled conditions.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperanthus) with wings closed, Somerset Levels, UK, July

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Ringlet butterfly {Aphantopus hyperantus} resting on yellow rattle flowers, Denmark Farm, Lampeter, Wales, UK. June

Andy Sands / Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) perched with ringlet butterfly in bill. West Sussex, England, July. Highly commended, 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) com...

Andy Sands / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) roosting in early morning sun, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Ross Hoddinott / Ringlet butterflies mating {Aphantopus hyperantus} Cornwall, UK.

Jussi Murtosaari / Arran brown (Erebia ligea) butterfly resting on sand. Jyvaskyla, Central Finland. July.

Danny Green / Large heath butterfly (Coenonympha tullia) resting on Heather. Glen Affric, Scotland, July.

Andy Sands / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) mating pair, Hertfordshire, England, UK, July - Focus Stacked

Ross Hoddinott / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) resting on a yellow rattle flower, Broxwater, Cornwall, UK. June.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) nectaring on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower with a Fritillary (Melitaea), distrubed by another, Bavaria, Germany, July.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of male False heath fritillary butterflies (Melitaea diamina) on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower, disturbing a Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus), Bavaria, Germany, July.

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) nectaring on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower with a False heath fritillary (Melitaea diamina), disturbed by another (Melitaea), Bavaria, Ger...

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of Ringlets (Aphantopus hyperantus) nectaring on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower alongside False heath fritillaries (Melitaea diamina), with a Marbled white (Melanargia galathea) flying...

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) nectaring on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower alongside a False heath fritillary (Melitaea diamina),and a Marbled white (Melanargia galathea...

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of group of Ringlets (Aphantopus hyperantus) resting on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower alongside a False heath fritillary (Melitaea diamina), disturbed by another butterfly, Bavaria, G...

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) nectaring on a Knapweed (Centaurea) flower with a False heath fritillary (Melitaea diamina), disturbed by another (Melitaea) Bavaria, Germany, July...

Stephen Dalton / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) Sussex, England, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) pair mating, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Robert Thompson / Arran brown butterfly (Erebia ligea) Santa Caterina di Valfurva, Alps, Italy, June.

Robert Thompson / Dewy ringlet butterfly (Eribia pandrose) Stelvio Pass, Alps, Italy, June.

Robert Thompson / Arran brown butterfly (Erebia ligea) on grass, St Caterina di Valfurva, Alps, Italy, June.

Andy Sands / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) at rest on flower bud of Common century plant (Agave americana), Hertfordshire, England, UK, July - Focus Stacked Image

David Kjaer / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Lorraine Bennery / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus), Haute-Savoie, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Emergence of Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus), Haute-Savoie, France, June.

Lorraine Bennery / Woodland ringlet butterfly (Erebia medusa), Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, May.

Lorraine Bennery / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus), Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Park, France, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Arran brown (Erebia ligea) and Blue butterflies (Lycaenidae) species, drinking on mineral-rich stream bank; Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy.

Edwin Giesbers / Arran brown (Erebia ligea) Aosta Valley, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy.

Gary K. Smith / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) Norfolk, UK, July

Lorraine Bennery / Yellow-spotted ringlet butterflies (Erebia manto) mating, Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Park, France, July.

Lorraine Bennery / Yellow-spotted ringlet butterfly (Erebia manto), Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Park, France, July.

Martin Gabriel / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus), male, Bavaria, Germany, July.

Andy Sands / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) mating pair on grass stem, Hertfordshire, England, UK, June

Rod Williams / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) resting on grass, Brockley Cemetery, Lewisham, London, England, June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Arran brown butterfly (Erebia ligea) feeding on Wild angelica (Angelica sylvestris), Jyvaskyla, Finland, July

Paul Hobson / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) adult, Suffolk, England, UK, July.

Russell Cooper / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) feeding from Bramble flowers. Wimbeldon Common, SSSI, London, UK, July.

Russell Cooper / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) feeding from Bramble flowers. Wimbeldon Common, SSSI, London, UK, July.

Andy Sands / Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) warming up having shaken dew off wings at dawn, Hertfordshire, England, UK. June. Focus stacked image.

Nick Upton / Slow motion clip of a Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) nectaring on Saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria) flowers, Lower Woods Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve, England, UK, July.

Rod Williams / Ringlet butterflies (Aphantopus hyperantus) male on left, feeding on bramble blossom Brockley cemetery, Lewisham, South East London, England, UK, June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Arran brown butterfly (Erebia ligea) Leivonmaki, Joutsa, Keski-Suomi, Lansi- ja Sisa-Suomi / Central and Western Finland, Finland. July

Jussi Murtosaari / Woodland ringlet (Erebia medusa ssp. polaris) female, Utsjoki, Lappi / Lapland, Finland. July

Colin Varndell / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) resting, Dorset, UK, July.

Colin Varndell / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) resting, Dorset, UK, July.

Paul Hobson / Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) adult, Lincolnshire, UK.