Name that plant!

Small tortoiseshell butterflies on ?? plant. It's a wild area but it's not impossible that it's escaped from a garden...About 6 ft tall and probably the same across but there were several plants next to each other. Scented.

[Judith Greenwood]

@roachling Any thoughts?

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

gorgeous!!!

[Padlock]

Lilac . Food shot though

[Padlock]

Sorry meant good

[Judith Greenwood]

@padlock That was my first thought - very small flowers and late flowering - is it a wild one?

[Louise]

well, it's not easy to get a good look at the flowers or leaves in this shot, and plants are not my strongest point, but it sounds it could be privet?

[Louise]

googled it for an image - http://www.floralimages.co.uk/page.php?taxon=ligustrum_vulgare,1

[Judith Johnson]

Yes I thought lilac but maybe it's a bit late for lilac. Lovely shot of the butterfly though.

[Lesley Allen]

Judith I sure it's Privet flowers, they have a very heady scent.

[Lesley Allen]

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=privet+flowers think it is

[Jill Peck Vona]

gorgeous

[Judith Greenwood]

@roachling @lesleyallen yep I think you're right - wild privet - much more 'open' plant than the hedge variety.

[Judith Greenwood]

@padlock @busylady Wild privet I think!

[Denise fuller]

lovely composition

[Sarah Bremner]

Fabulous photo....lovely

[Helen K]

Lovely capture!

[Phil Howcroft]

wild privet or not judith, this is a fabulous butterfly shot

[Pat Knowles]

Very pretty if it's privet.....looks too waxy for lilac somehow......but just look at that butterfly.....couldn't have a better mix of colours there!

[Maggiemae]

You must live in a butterfly garden!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful closeup of the pretty butterfly.

[Lois]

Fantastic butterfly shot!

[Leslie]

lovely

[Judith]

Beautiful

[Terry]

very very pretty

[Molly]

A lovely composition and great capture of the butterfly, especially with all the detail on the antennae.