ADMIRABLE

I mentioned in an earlier post not to confuse the red admiral butterfly with the small tortioiseshell. 

Well this handsome brute is indeed the RED ADMIRAL, in his black uniform with red epaulettes and white cuffs.  If you can get close enough you may also spot the black dots on the orange tailcoat and the little blue patches.

Alan snapped this individual.  The damaged left hindwing could be a bird,  old age wear and tear, or maybe this individual was hibernating and sustained damage during the winter.