#2387 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

European Peacock Butterfly

🇳🇱 Dagpauwoog ·Aglais io

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © S. Rae · CC BY 4.0
2. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © romanvrbicek · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jürgen Mangelsdorf · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Dean Morley · CC BY-ND 4.0
6. © Dean Morley · CC BY-ND 4.0
7. © Ouwesok · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Dean Morley · CC BY-ND 4.0
9. © Dean Morley · CC BY-ND 4.0
10. © Dean Morley · CC BY-ND 4.0

what is it?

Aglais io , the European peacock , more commonly known simply as the peacock butterfly, is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan. Formerly classified as the only member of the genus Inachis (the name is derived from Greek mythology, meaning Io, the daughter of Inachus). It should not be confused or classified with the "American peacocks" in the genus Anartia ; these are not close relatives of the Eurasian species. The...

base stats

NL sightings 3,816iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 140,217iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 3,816 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #3 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
140,217 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).