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peacock butterfly
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peacock butterfly
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European nymphalid butterfly, Inachis io, having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
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Noun1.peacock butterfly - European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespotpeacock butterfly - European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot
Inachis io, peacock
brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly - medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
genus Inachis, Inachis - a genus of Nymphalidae
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Red admiral and peacock butterflies plus, unbelievably, only one small tortoiseshell, were seeking the nectar and between 35 and 40 were all around me, and it was easy to see why they are included in the group the old entomologists called "aristocrats".
Country diary by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Maurice Pons reports male emperor moths with peacock butterflies at Leasowe last week, and orange-tip butterfly there this week, with speckled wood in Liverpool.
Temperature of a few degrees; country by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Ladybirds, bumblebees, peacock butterflies and frogspawn all had an early start in February, and the good weather in April saw adonis blue and marsh fritillary butterflies on the wing "radically" early.
Wildlife suffers from unpredictable weather; The World Today by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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