Peacock (Inachis io)
2009 photos highlighted in yellow. Click on any photo to go to an enlarged picture, or simply scroll down the page.
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This is probably the most beautifully-marked European butterfly. If it was a rarity, its beauty would probably be more appreciated. Curiously, in 2006 I hardly saw any in Var until late September, when they started to appear in reasonable numbers. In the last three years I have seen it only occasionally in Var.
14459: a male, based its territorial behaviour. Altitude 90m.
13674: hard to say what sex it is. Altitude 1450m.
14459_sex?_UK Buckinghamshire_15Mar09
