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This has been agood year for butterflies in Belgium. We have seen more than usual. The European peacock is a popular european butterfly. It has a wingspan of 50 to 55 mm. The base-colour of the wings is a rusty red, and at each wingtip it bears a distinctive, black, blue and yellow eye-spot. The underside is a cryptically coloured dark-brown or black.
The Peacock can be found in woods, fields, meadows, pastures, parks, and gardens, and from lowlands up to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) elevation. It is a relatively common butterfly seen in many European parks and gardens. The Peacock male exhibits territorial behaviour, in many cases territories being selected en route of the females to oviposition sites.
To this time I could only make good pics of this butterfly in Poland last year. is nice to see they are also in Belgium.
Spotted on Jul 25, 2012
Submitted on Aug 16, 2012
2 Comments
These are adorably colored butterflies, thanks Jolly!
Beautiful series