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European peacok butterfly

Inachis io

Photo by The MnMs
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Field Notes

Description:

Cryptic undersides with flashy eye-spots.

Habitat:

Marshy area. Weerribben-Wieden, Holland.

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Inachis io

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Comments (8)
The MnMs
Thanks! These are even more common in Belgium and Holland in the summer and always pretty to photograph :-)
The MnMs
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 :-)
Sergio Monteiro
Beautiful, Marta. I'd stay very far from those feline eyes, if I was a bird...

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PublishedAugust 26, 2013

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