Ahead of the Big Butterfly Count next month, one of the UK’s rarest butterflies – that was once on ‘the brink of extinction’ ...

Gulf Fritillary butterfly also known as Passion Butterfly, "Agraulis vanillae" in a sequence of shots opening and closing its wings on top of a violet flower. Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to ...

More than 1,000 heath fritillaries have been recorded so far this year on the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate in Somerset.