Inachis

a slightly battered Peacock butterfly seen at South Saxons after a morning of prolonged rain

Les Bulles, Luxemburg, Belgium

a Peacock butterfly - Inachis io - basking in the spring sunshine

Beirvelde, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Inachis io

a very battered and threadbare Peacock butterfly feeding from the flowers of Escallonia on a beautiful warm sunny Michaelmas

Paon-du-jour, Aglais io (ou Inachis io), European Peacock. AF Micro-Nikkor 200mm.

Hurn, England, United Kingdom

Humbie, Scotland, United Kingdom

a Peacock butterfly beside the grass ride at Summerfields

Gross Steinheim, Hesse, Germany

Feeding on Urtica dioica. Kaluga region of Russia

Darlowo, West Pomeranian, Poland

Clouds Hill, England, United Kingdom

The book of butterflies, sphinxes and moths;.London,Whittaker,1832-34..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21521090We all know peacocks are stunning, but did u know there's also a stunning peacock species of butterfly? biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21521090

Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany

St.-Laurent-Beaumenil, Lower Normandy, France

Newstead Abbey, England, United Kingdom

2012-08-22 Styria, district Leibnitz - SausalSynonym: Nymphalis ioBuddleja is very popular with pollinators (and especially butterflies) as it provides food late in the year, when relatively few plants are flowering; the plant is invasive in Austria (especially in warmer regions of Eastern and Southern Austria), the butterfly of course is native to Austria.German name: Tagpfauenauge (auf Gewhnlich-Sommerflieder)Der Sommerflieder ist eine bekannte und beliebte "Schmetterlingspflanze" (allerdings gerade in den wrmeren Gegenden sterreichs auch ein invasiver Neophyt).

Darlowo, West Pomeranian, Poland

Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany