The bright orange flashes on the forewings of male Cleopatra Butterflies Gonepteryx cleopatra (known as Le Citron de Provence in France) are usually hidden when these insects are at rest as the leaf-like wings are kept closed to provide camouflage. However when feeding on Lavender Lavandula sp. the butterflies will flap their wings as they climb up the inflorescences. This means that these flashes are visible on moving images but not on still photographs taken conventionally with the light source (natural or flash) coming from behind the photographer. However, when backlit by the sun these beautiful orange patches show through so it pays to try to film and photograph the butterflies in this manner. The still photographs are the product of numerous attempts to capture these insects in flight using manual focussing and natural light. A great deal of luck is involved (and there were many misses) but when this technique does work the results can be very rewarding.