Not claiming to have any knowledge of these species at all but I would have thought your first photo is the only one that maybe shows something different due to the reduced chequered fringes to both wings

I spent the day at Arnside Knott yesterday - despite really good conditions I only managed to see 3 fritillaries all day, 2 High Browns in the area Tony Moore recommended on the Arnside Knott thread & 1 Dark Green on the south side of the hill. To make up for the lack of fritillaries there were ...

Spent most of today at Honister Pass - I left the campsite at Chapel House Farm a couple of minutes after 8:00, and had seen Mountain Ringlets by 08:40! Unfortunately the sun wasn't out as much as the forecast promised but it was amazing watching dozens of Mountain Ringlets erupting out of the grass...

Apparently they're not using the Doctor's garden at the moment, or at least no second brood ones had been seen there up until yesterday. All the ones I saw were swooping around buddleias along the river - take the path west round the reserve (you'll go past the doctor's garden anyway) & when the...

I had a great day out at Strumpshaw Fen yesterday & probably saw 6-10 Swallowtails.