I have read up and found that this is a male Gatekeeper Butterfly. There have been several around the garden. This one is basking in the sunshine on the holy tree just behind the marjoram which they are on.. I love the two figure of 8 on each forewing. It was still cold from the low temperatures overnight, and I caught this on my early morning slug and snail hunt yesterday.
We have seen this butterfly in our Lancashire garden this summer. We didn't know what it was so thanks for identifying it. Gillian at countrygardenuk.com
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