European meadow fritillary

In warm, dry places it has two families a year. One flies in May and June, and the next in August and September.

High up in the mountains summer is short, so there is only one family a year, flying in June and July.

Its caterpillars eat plantain, a common little weed with long leaves that grows in meadows and along paths.

It looks almost exactly like its cousin the heath fritillary, but its black lines are thinner and its orange bands are wider.