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Anartia fatima, the banded peacock, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is commonly found in south Texas, Mexico, and Central America but most studied in Costa Rica. This butterfly prefers subtropical climates and moist areas, such as near rivers. It spends much of its time in second-growth woodlands.
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A peacock spreading his tail, displaying his plumage Peahen. Peafowl is a common name for two bird species of the genus Pavo and one species of the closely related genus Afropavo within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae (the pheasants and their allies). Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female peafowl are referred to as ...
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Automeris io, the Io moth or peacock moth, is a colorful North American moth in the family Saturniidae. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The Io moth is also a member of the subfamily Hemileucinae . [ 7 ] The name Io comes from Greek mythology in which Io was a mortal lover of Zeus. [ 8 ]
The bird featured in the video, and the one that most people think of when they picture a peacock, is an Indian blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus) although they are commonly called simply Indian ...
Sexual selection in birds concerns how birds have evolved a variety of mating behaviors, with the peacock tail being perhaps the most famous example of sexual selection and the Fisherian runaway. Commonly occurring sexual dimorphisms such as size and color differences are energetically costly attributes that signal competitive breeding ...