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Aglais io, the European peacock, [3] [4] [5] or the peacock butterfly, is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan. The peacock butterfly is resident in much of its range, often wintering in buildings or trees. It therefore often appears quite early in spring.
Anartia jatrophae, the white peacock, is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America.The white peacock's larval hosts are water hyssop (Bacopa monnieri), [2] [3] lemon bacopa (Bacopa caroliniensis), [4] tropical waterhyssop (Bacopa innominata), [5] frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora), [6] lanceleaf frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata ...
Papilio palinurus, the emerald swallowtail, emerald peacock, or green-banded peacock, is a butterfly of the genus Papilio of the family Papilionidae. It is native to Southeast Asia , but is regularly kept in butterfly houses around the world.
A zoomed in view of the wing scales on a Aglais io, or peacock butterfly. Butterfly adults are characterized by their four scale-covered wings, which give the Lepidoptera their name (Ancient Greek λεπίς lepís, scale + πτερόν pterón, wing).
Anartia is a genus of butterflies in family Nymphalidae, and subfamily Nymphalinae, found in tropical and subtropical areas in the Americas. The butterflies are known as peacocks , although the common European peacock ( Aglais io ) is not in the same genus.
Papilio bianor, also known as the common peacock, Chinese peacock black swallowtail emerald [1] or Chinese peacock or bianor's emperor machaon - is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae, the swallowtails. [2] It is native to Continental Asia. [3] It is the state butterfly of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. [4] [5]
Papilio buddha, the Malabar banded peacock, [1] [2] is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in the Western Ghats of India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Government of Kerala declared it as the official Kerala state butterfly.
Papilio paris, the Paris peacock swallowtail, [1] [2] is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in the Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia. [1] [2] Subspecies