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European Peacock

Inachis io

Description:

The butterfly 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.

Notes:

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5 Comments

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 11 years ago

Pretty ..full coluor.

wijnandr
wijnandr 11 years ago

haha thnx one.planet.one.future ;)

ook mooi! :)

wijnandr
wijnandr 11 years ago

Ja amazing. Ik dacht een foto te maken van 'n pikzwarte vlinder :P

Matthijs
Matthijs 11 years ago

Prachtig!

wijnandr
Spotted by
wijnandr

Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Spotted on Aug 2, 2012
Submitted on Aug 2, 2012

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