Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common names

🇬🇧 Peacock
🇫🇷 Paon-du-jour, Paon de jour, Œil-de-Paon-du-Jour, Paon, Œil-de-Paon

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Aglais
Species: Aglais io

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/aglais-io-4.webp — Aglais io

img/aglais-io-5.webp — Aglais io

img/aglais-io.webp — Aglais io foraging on a flower of Oenanthe pimpinelloides

img/aglais-io-2.webp — Aglais io foraging on a flower of Oenanthe pimpinelloides

img/aglais-io-3.webp — Aglais io foraging on a flower of Oenanthe pimpinelloides

Sources

van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Verovnik, R., Wiemers, M., López Munguira, M., Maes, D., Sasic, M., Verstrael, T., Warren, M., & Settele, J. (2010). Aglais io (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2010. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/174218/7030659