Whats its name? by aangus

Photography • Insects • posted on Feb 11, 2009

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I need a wee bit help finding out this butterflys' name (including its full title). Please let me know if you can help. Cheers Anthony www.aangusphotography.com

Comments (15)

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aangus

4:55PM | Wed, 11 February 2009

Ah haa, I just found it, its a Peacock butterfly, latin name being "inachis io"

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flora-crassella

5:01PM | Wed, 11 February 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inachis_io

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glix70

5:08PM | Wed, 11 February 2009

Excellent macro full of stunning colours and details!!! Excellent work!!! :) V

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RobyHermida

5:13PM | Wed, 11 February 2009

Beautiful capture!!!!!!!!!!

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claylady

5:40PM | Wed, 11 February 2009

I've never seen this butterfly before. It has beautiful "eyes" on its wings

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DAVER2112

5:52PM | Wed, 11 February 2009

Fantastic capture! Very beautiful! :)

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THROBBE

6:06PM | Wed, 11 February 2009

Nice colors!

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dorothylee

6:28PM | Wed, 11 February 2009

Whatever the name, it's beautiful. Great capture!

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jocko500

6:47PM | Wed, 11 February 2009

never saw one of these but it is lovely

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MrsRatbag

8:26PM | Wed, 11 February 2009

Great shot!

PD154

8:50PM | Wed, 11 February 2009

Yup a peacock, when I was small these used to scare the living daylights out of me LOL, very nice close up!

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Digitaleagle

8:58PM | Wed, 11 February 2009

Beautiful macro!!!!

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tennesseecowgirl

9:03PM | Wed, 11 February 2009

Wonderful shot... glad you found the name!

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lejimi

2:47AM | Thu, 12 February 2009

Je le connais : il s'appelle Roger ! My two cents : it would have been far better if the big flower had been a bit blurry. Perhaps you could try a bit of Gimp ?

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