European Peacock butterfly (Aglais io)

Very common, every child knows it.
But still, I found the colours striking. A butterfly in “mint condition”.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

One of Europe's finest. Also available in a moth edition:

Posted one year ago, modified one year ago
1. pysailor
  
  Lion
  
  Yeah, good one! Not to mention Saturnia spini (which I've not seen live yet and is also still missing from JungleDragon) and Saturnia pyri (which so far I've only found a dead specimen of)
  Posted one year ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Looks like you have a new mission ;) Posted one year ago

The European Peacock

The European Peacock, more commonly known simply as the Peacock butterfly, is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by pysailor