Click image to zoom

Peacock Butterfly Spotted On A Summer Lilac

Peacock butterfly as seen feeding on a summer lilac. Aglais io, the European peacock or the peacock butterfly, is a colourful butterfly, found in Europe and temperate Asia as far east as Japan. It was formerly classified as the only member of the genus Inachis. The butterfly has a wingspan of 50 to 55 millimetres, while the base colour of the wings is a rusty red, and at each wingtip it bears a distinctive, black, blue and yellow eyespot. The underside is a cryptically coloured dark brown or black. There are two subspecies: A. io caucasica found in Azerbaijan, and A. io geisha, found in Japan and the Russian Far East. The plant Summer Lilac, the Buddleja davidii or butterfly-bush, or orange eye, is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae, native to Sichuan and Hubei provinces in central China, and also Japan, while it is widely used as an ornamental plant, and many named varieties are in cultivation. Buddleja davidii has been designated as an invasive species or a "noxious weed" in a number of countries in temperate regions, including the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and New Zealand. Maastricht, the Netherlands on September 2023 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto)

Photo ID	#10474184
Date Taken	6 September 2023
Location	N/A
Photographer	Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto
Category	Human Interest
Copyright	© 2026 NurPhoto - Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto

topix nature natural environment animal butterfly Netherlands Dutch Day summer September 2023 Feeding bee bumblebee lilac Summer Lilac plant tree bush green colorful Peacock butterfly Aglais io European peacock Inachis wingspan rusty red black blue yellow eyespot cryptically coloured dark brown or black A. io caucasica A. io geisha Summer Lilac Buddleja davidii butterfly-bush orange eye Scrophulariaceae Sichuan Hubei provinces Japan ornamental plant