Peacock Aglais io Aberrations

This site is a holding Page for Aberant forms of the Peacock Butterfly. is NOT complete and will be ammended and added to Typical form below.

• Formerly known as Inachis io
• One of the easiest too recognise British species
• The recorded food plants of the European peacock are stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), hop (Humulus lupulus), and the small nettle (Urtica urens

Anatomical Terms

The terms  Recta  and  Versa relate to the Back and Front of the Wings respecfully, with the versa view being typical when basking

Top = Forewing
Bottom = Hindwind


ab. irenea (Pruffer.Bull.Acad.Krakau.1921.p.121.) = nigromaculata Metschl.Ver.Nat.Ver.Regensburg.1923.16.p.39. = hackrayiCabeau.Rev.Mens.Soc.Ent.Nam.1925.25.p.6.,fig.Lamb.34.pl.34.f.3. A small blackish spot on the forewings above the inner margin, corresponding to that seen in A. urticae [Aglais urticae, Small Tortoiseshell]. This description is given by Seitz. Verity places nigromaculata as a synonym. Cabeau accounts his hackrayi as having a black median spot above the first


1. UK Butterflies Aberations Peacock
2. British Butterfly Aberations