Privet Hawk, Gubblecote, 27 June, and the following 7 photos

Privet Hawk

Riband Wave

Lilac Beauty

Treble Brown Spot

Broad-barred White

Orange-tip butterfly pupa, the 'usual' buff-coloured form

the green form of an orange-tip pupa

Purple Emperor, Bernwood Forest, Bucks, 24 June, and the next 10 photos

Purple Emperor, the same insect but with the sun causing iridescence

Purple Emperor

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Red Admiral

Marbled White, female

Ringlet

Ringlet

White Admiral

Silver-washed Fritillaries, both male

Least Carpet, Gubblecote, 17 June, and the next 4 shots

White Satin

White Satin

Heart and Club, dark form

Blue-bordered Carpet

Small Tortoiseshell, Finemere Wood, Bucks, 15 June, and the following 6 photos

Small Tortoiseshells

Marbled White

Marbled White

Marbled White

Marbled White, female

White Admiral, taken at some distance

Meadow Brown, male, Greatmoor, Bucks, 17 June, and the next 3 images

Small Skipper

Speckled Wood

Meadow Brown, female

Elephant Hawk, Gubblecote, 10 June, and the next 10 photos

Elephant Hawk

Heart and Club

Heart and Club

Turnip

Dwarf Cream Wave

Spectacle

Common Marbled Carpet

Willow Beauty

Large Nutmeg

Straw Dot

Ivinghoe Beacon, Bucks, 2 June, and the following 6 shots

Common Blues, female on the right

Brown Argus

Large Skipper, female