Peacock

Wingspan 52-65 mm. One of Denmark’s most beautiful butterflies. Flies from March to October. Overwinters as an adult in hollow trees, cellars and sheds. Emerges in March and gives rise to a new generationgeneration A butterfly flies in 2 generations when the year’s first newly emerged adults (1st generation) bring a new “brood” (“children”) capable of flight into the world in the same year. With 3 generations there are “grandchildren” as well in the same year. The number of generations determines in how many months of the year we can see the butterfly.×, which flies from late June to October before going into hibernation. It is a frequent visitor to the dike, where it is particularly fond of Field Scabious. In the plantation it is seen on Thistles and Hemp-agrimony. The eggs are laid on Nettles.