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Aglais io, former Inachis io

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    There should be only one entry per species. Because there are already 30 photos identified as Inachis io it would be easier to just change the species name and description of that species instead of changing all the IDs to the new one.
    https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/504/photos     Posted 8 years ago
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      I understand, but take this example into consideration, Aglais urticae, is the accepted name for the former N. urticae. Wiki has this species identify as such for quite a while. A. io and A. urticae are much more related to each other than the congener Nymphalis species such as Nymphalis polychloros and Nymphalis antiopa... It's hard to maintain species names updated, accordingly, but I think it's better to keep up with the changes.

      Here are some reliable updated databases:
      https://www.lepidoptera.eu/ListFamily.php?family=Nymphalidae&country=GB
      http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?thaContLycae.htm
      http://www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/Fam_Nymphalidae_01.html
      http://eol.org/data_objects/30451110       Posted 8 years ago
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        Well, the EOL data is somewhat controversial. It has the photos listed as Nymphalis io with the description from Wikipedia below which is about Aglais io.
        http://eol.org/pages/160164/overview
        The Catalogue of life data is bases on the Global Lepidoptera Names Index of the Natural History Museum in London but I don't know how up-to-date it is. GBIF and EOL are mainly based on it.
        The BOLD Systems also have it listed as Aglais io.
        http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=264733         Posted 8 years ago
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    You know what, it is a mess whith this one. Some sites use the name Aglais io while others accept Nymphalis io instead. There are also many sites still using Inachis io and listing the others as synonyms so I don't know whom to trust anymore...
    http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/0495ff3fe283b86a62008d0a938bf0d7/synonym/0b59019eb3f5d7c8c6ef3def09502eb4
    http://www.pyrgus.de/Nymphalis_io_en.html
    http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/nymphalis/#io
    http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/InachisIo.htm
    http://www.commanster.eu/commanster/Insects/Butterflies/WButterflies/Aglais.io.html
    http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=io
    http://www.arkive.org/peacock-butterfly/inachis-io/#text=All
    http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id51584/
    http://www.eurobutterflies.com/sp/io.php
    http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Britain%20-%20Inachis%20io.htm     Posted 8 years ago

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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 Ferdy Christant
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