Visiting Butterflies

This year we have seen lots and lots of butterflies, fluttering by, or just resting, sunning themselves, sipping the rain water that collects in the hollow of leaves. I have begun to try and photograph them - quite simple at times but very difficult for certain kinds, which just gather themselves up and fly off the moment they see me approaching. Here are a few snapshots and I hope I will be able to get some more later.