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European peacok butterfly

Inachis io

Description:

Cryptic undersides with flashy eye-spots.

Habitat:

Marshy area. Weerribben-Wieden, Holland.

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8 Comments

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

Thanks! These are even more common in Belgium and Holland in the summer and always pretty to photograph :-)

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 10 years ago

Gorgeous!

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

Thanks, Madalena!

mendes.madalena
mendes.madalena 10 years ago

amazing spotting!

The MnMs
The MnMs 10 years ago

Many thanks for the nice comments! I have also found very special the blue eye patches. It looks like a cat's face to me also :-)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Beautiful Marta!

KathleenMcEachern
KathleenMcEachern 10 years ago

Gorgeous!

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 10 years ago

Beautiful, Marta. I'd stay very far from those feline eyes, if I was a bird...

The MnMs
Spotted by
The MnMs

Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Netherlands

Spotted on Aug 11, 2013
Submitted on Aug 26, 2013

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