Most meadow browns have just one pupil in the eyespot but females in particular occasionally have two. It's not the norm, but not that infrequent either. Normal male, with one: https://www.guypadfield.com/images2014/jurtina6july2014a.jpg Female with two: https://www.guypadfield.com/images2013/jurti...

David M wrote: ↑Tue Jul 21, 2020 8:24 pm Eviejean, that's a female Meadow Brown, albeit with much greater orange suffusion on the forewings than normal.

Great, thank you! It was my initial thought for sure, I just got confused when I read about them and Gatekeepers online. Thank you for clarifying!

Hi everyone, I was sure this was a meadow brown while photographing it (I know the photos aren't ideal for identification - I nearly fell into the bush trying to get them!), but then I started to wonder afterwards if it was a gatekeeper as lots of sources online say that gatekeeper butterflies have ...