Swallowtails mating (Zambia):

The Clipper – Parthenon sylvia (Borneo):

Guinea Fowl –Hamanumida daedalus (Zambia):

Painted Lady – Vanessa cardui (Nepal):

Indian Tortoiseshell – Aglais caschmirensis (Nepal):

Sullied Sailor – Neptis soma (Nepal):

Brown Argus – Aricia agestis  (Darenth Valley, Kent):

Marbled White – Melanargia calathea (Eynsford, Kent):

Unidentified (Nepal):

Himalayan Golden Sapphire – Heliophorus brahma (Nepal):

Forget Me Not – Catochrysops strabo (Nepal):

Unidentified Skipper (Nepal):

Unidentified (Nepal):

Common Tiger – Danaus genutia (Nepal):

Dark Clouded Yellow – Colias fieldii (Nepal):

Common Mormon –  Papilio polytes (India):

Chalkhill Blue – Polyommatus coridon (France):

Orange Tip – Anthocharis cardamines (Skelwith Fold, Lake District May’19):

Peacock – Aglais io:

Little Heath – Coenonympha pamphilus (Eynsford):

Small Copper – Lycaena phlaeus (Lake District):

Brimstone – Gonepteryx rhamni (France):

Unidentified Copper (France):

Hecale Longwing – Heliconius hecale (Costa Rica):

Unidentified (Costa Rica):

Blue Morpho (Costa Rica):

Postman Butterfly – Heliconius melpomene (Costa Rica):

Unidentified (Costa Rica):

Unidentified (Costa Rica):

Unidentified (Indonesia): 

Forester Butterfly (China):

Unidentified (Indonesia):

Italian Marbled White – Melanargia arge (Italy):

Large Wall Brown – Lasiommata maera (Italy):

Unidentified Skipper (Peru):

Serene Sailer – Neptis serena (Zambia):

Unidentified (Indonesia):

Queen Butterfly – Danaus gilippus (Galapagos Islands):

Unidentified (Indonesia):

Monarch or Milkweed Butterfly – Danaus plexippus (New Zealand):

Long Tailed Blue – Lampides boeticus (New Zealand):

Coastal Copper – Lycaena salustius (New Zealand):

Tawny Coster – Acraea terpsicore (Labuan Bajo – Flores – Indonesia):

Unidentified (Labuan Bajo – Indonesia):

Unidentified (Indonesia):

Chocolate Pansy – Junonia iphita (Sanur Beach, Bali, Indonesia):

Horsefield’s Five Ring (Singapore):

Chocolate Pansy – Junonia iphita (Singapore):

The Rustic Butterfly – Cupha erymanthis (Singapore):

Long-Tailed Skipper – Urbanus proteus (Ecuador):

Unidentified (France):

Red Admiral – Vanessa atalanta:

Meadow Brown – Maniola jurtina:

Green Veined White – Piers napi:

Small Tortoiseshell – Aglais urticae:

Painted Lady – Vanessa cardui (Shoreham – Kent):

Small Skipper – Thymelicus sylvestnis:

Brown Pansy – Junonia hedonia (Zambia):

Unidentified (China):

Unidentified (Zambia):

Comma – Polygonia c album:

Ringlet – Aphantopus hyperantus:

Small White – Piers rapae:

Marbled White – Melanargia galathea (Farningham – Kent):

Silver Washed Fritillary – Argynnis raphia (France):

Unidentified (China):

Gatekeeper or Hedge Brown – Pyronia tithonus:

Unidentified (Borneo):

Unidentified (Borneo):

Common Sailer – Neptis hylas (Borneo):

Unidentified (Borneo):

Unidentified Ringlet (France):

Speckled Wood – Pararge aegeria:

Birdsong butterfly – one of the largest butterflies in the world (Borneo):

Holly Blue – Celastrina argiolus (Kent):

Unidentified Ringlet (France):

Common Blue – Polyommatus icarus (Kent):