Patiently waiting for some sunshine on a cool, grey August morning. A face-to-face encounter at Aston Rowant in the Chilterns (UK)

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Keeping to the shadows of a bramble bush on a hot day in the Nestos Gorge in the Western Rodopi Mts. of NE Greece in early June (9869).

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A fresh male, one of many Coppers, Wall Browns, Painted Ladies and others on the Cornish coastal path near Lizard Point in early October (UK) (4220)

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A cliff-top vantage point above the crashing waves late-evening near Lizard Point in Cornwall (UK) (4235)

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One of many along the Cornish coastal path near Lizard Point in early October (UK) (4086)

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