Two-tailed Pasha, aboard the yacht Tessera off One House Bay, Atoko, Ionian Islands, Greece, attracted by the chance to imbibe retzina on 16 June 2011. Exactly the same behaviour occurred at the same bay on 3 October 2007!

Two-tailed Pasha, tasting retzina, One House Bay, Atoko, Ionian Isles, Greece, 16 June 2011

Two-tailed Pasha, imbibing dry white wine on board Tessera in the Ionian Sea, Greece, October 2021. Photo by my wife, Jean. (The butterfly managed to fly away!)

Two-tailed Pasha taking minerals from the edge of a stream near Tapis, east of Mollo, Catalonia, Spain on 1 September 2016

Purple Emperor, female, Kurucz Hill, Gheorgeni, Romania, 4 August 2011

Purple Emperor, female, on a forest track near Ostoja Orlika, Grodek, N E Poland, 5 July 2018

Purple Emperor, Finemere Wood, Buckinghamshire, England, 22 July 2013

Purple Emperor, Finemere Wood, Buckinghamshire, England, 22 July 2013

Purple Emperor, Finemere Wood, Buckinghamshire, England, 22 July 2013

Lesser Purple Emperor, female, Durantelles, north of Guillestre, Queyras, France, 19 July 2022

Lesser Purple Emperor, as in the previous photo

Lesser Purple Emperor, as in the two preceding photos

Lesser Purple Emperor, in the small car park across from the track south of Gugny leading into the Biebrzanski Park, N E Poland, 27 June 2018

Lesser Purple Emperor, also in the Gugny car park, N E Poland, 27 June 2018

Lesser Purple Emperor on the 'Gugny' forest track, Biebrzanski Park, N E Poland, 27 June 2018

Lesser Purple Emperor, Kurucz Hill, Gheorgeni, Romania, 4 August 2011

Ionian Emperor, Bahceli, Yusufeli, N E Turkey, 7 July 2009

Southern White Admiral, Nestos bridge, Stravopouli, Rhodopi, Greece, 4 July 2013

Southern White Admiral, taking nectar from one of the many invasive buddleia bushes near Rocabruna, east of Mollo, Catalonia, Spain, on 30 August 2016

Southern White admiral taking evening nectar from the blossom of Vitex agnus-castus, the Chaste Tree, on the Ionian Island of Kastos, 31 July 2016

Southern White Admiral, Viliell, Lleida, Spanish Pyrenees, 21 July 2012

Southern White Admiral, the same individual as seen in the other 'buddleia' photo, 30 August 2016

White Admiral, near Tapis, east of Mollo, Catalonia, Spain, 1 September 2016

Common Glider, Orseg National Park, Hungary, 10 August 2010

Common Glider, Diva Slatina, north-west Bulgaria, 20 July 2018

Common Glider, Diva Slatina, NW Bulgaria, 20 July 2018

Common Glider, Torockoszenrgyorgy Castle, Cluj, Romania, 28 July 2011

Hungarian Glider, Kurucz Hill, Gheorgeni, Romania, 4 August 2011

Hungarian Glider, Bekeny, Gheorgeni, Romania, 5 August 2011

Camberwell Beauty, Pelister National Park, Macedonia, 15 July 2015

Camberwell Beauty, forest track near Grodek, east of Bialystok, N E Poland, 4 July 2018

Camberwell Beauty, in reflective mood near the disused railway station at Grodek, N E Poland, 4 July 2018

Camberwell Beauty, Kurucz Hill, Gheorgeni, Romania, 3 August 2011

Camberwell Beauty, near Gugny in the Biebrzanski Narodowy Park, NE Poland, 27 June 2018

Camberwell Beauty, Kurucz Hill, Gheorgeni, Romania, 3 August 2011

Camberwell Beauty, in the small car park south of Gugny, Biebrzanski Park, N E Poland, 27 June 2018

Camberwell Beauty, Kurucz Hill, Gheorgeni, Romania, 3 August 2011

Large Tortoiseshell, out of hibernation, Ifrane, Middle Atlas, Morocco, 17 April 2007

Large Tortoiseshell, Mount Chelmos, Peloponnese, Greece, 24 June 2005 (from 35mm slide)

Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell, Yaylalar to Barhal road, Kascar mountains, N E Turkey, 15 July 2009

Peacock, Gubblecote Farm, Hertfordshire, England, 2 August 2013

Peacock, Whitbarrow, Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, England, 28 July 2007

Peacock. This insect had survived the winter in excellent condition as a 'hibernator' and is seen here soaking up some early spring sunshine at Steps Hill, near Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire, England on 20 April 2016

Peacock, Gait Barrow, Arnside, Cumbria, England, 30 July 2007

Peacock, near Grodek disused station, N E Poland, 4 July 2018

False Comma, Stara Planina, Serbia, 21 July 2018

False Comma, Stara Planina, Serbia, 21 July 2018

Red Admiral, Cholesbury Common, Buckinghamshire, England, 28 April 2011

Red Admiral, meadow south of Monki, N E Poland, 26 June 2018

Red Admiral, Cholesbury Common, Buckinghamshire, England, 28 April 2011