Thomas Marent / Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) on flowers, Switzerland

Kim Taylor / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) on Buddleia. UK

Hans Christoph Kappel / Peacock Butterfly, Germany

Rolf Nussbaumer / Peacock butterfly emerging from pupa {Inachis io} Switzerland

Adrian Davies / Larvae of a Peacock butterfly (Inacis io) feeding on Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) leaves, with droppings, Devon, England, UK, July.

Colin Varndell / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) on nettle leaves

Colin Varndell / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) newly emerged at rest on dock leaf, Dorset, UK August

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Peacock butterfly caterpillar (Inachis io) on Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) leaf, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) feeding on Scentless Mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum). Perthshire, Scotland, July.

Mark Payne-Gill / Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) hibernating in log pile. Wings closed to show defensive camouflaged wing underside. Studio. Bristol, UK, March.

Mark Payne-Gill / Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) hibernating in log pile. Wings open to show warning eye pattern on wing topside. Studio. Bristol, UK, March.

David Kjaer / Peacock butterfly (Inachis io) Wiltshire, UK, July