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European Peacock

Aglais io

Notes:

Found this butterfly among the graves at the Scone Palace Cemetery in Scotland.

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European Peacock
Aglais io Aglais io


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12 Comments

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 10 years ago

Καλησπέρα Neph! Θα ήθελες να προσθέσεις τις καταπληκτικές πεταλούδες σου στην αποστολή των Ελληνικών λεπιδόπτερων; Σε ευχαριστώ εκ των προτέρων
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Neph
Neph 11 years ago

Karine very interesting!!

Chimersetan thank you :)

ChimeTsetan
ChimeTsetan 11 years ago

very appeasing to the eyes. :)

Karine Sabatier
Karine Sabatier 11 years ago

In French : "Paon du jour". He spreads his wings open while on the flowers. The drawings on his wings are like 2 eyes that frighten the birds and prevent them from eating him. Natural self-defense mechanism

East End aka Lorelei
East End aka Lorelei 11 years ago

A beauty!

Neph
Neph 11 years ago

Thanks so much Willie!

williefromwi
williefromwi 11 years ago

fantastic

Neph
Neph 11 years ago

Thank you Nuwan :) I am in love with this project!

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Amazing!!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 11 years ago

nice spot, Welcome to project noah, Neph..!!

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 11 years ago

Beautifful butterfly...

Neph
Neph 11 years ago

Indeed! Thank you!

Neph
Spotted by
Neph

Perth, Scotland, United Kingdom

Spotted on Sep 9, 2005
Submitted on May 9, 2012

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