the peacock butterfly
Posted by rocksea on 03 Aug 2006 | Tagged as: photography, prakriti
2 pictures, 2 butterflies??
This is the peacock butterfly (peacock, with dull colors??!!). I first saw this one with the wings folded.. it looked dull but I thought I will take a shot and add it to the species list in my collection..
Then it opened its wings.. and lo! It’s the Peacock Butterfly. Inachis io Family Nymphalidae. Japanese name: Kujaku-cho. kujaku means peacock. The Peacock butterfly’s wings are reddish-brown on upperside with distinctive "false eye" markings, to distract birds and other predators. The underside is dark brown to black. Thus it has 2 defense mechanisms (the dull color is a good camouflage) whatever way it pose!
and whatz this! 
itz the peacock butterfly on my shoulders. though itz blurred, i like this image cuz of the intimacy it showed,,
itz the peacock butterfly on my shoulders. though itz blurred, i like this image cuz of the intimacy it showed,,
@ Hokkaido University Botanical Gardens
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on 04 Aug 2006 at 3:27 pm 1.sarah said …
Real pretty pictures, dear.
Sort of symbolises people in real life- the reflections of inner beauty! You don’t get to know and cherish until you patiently wait for the perosn to open his/her ‘wings’.
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on 04 Aug 2006 at 5:20 pm 2.Geetha said …
Beautiful picture..
You managed to take the pictrue of one on your shoulder without disturbing it.. Great!
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on 17 Aug 2006 at 10:53 am 3.preethika said …
Lovely pics roxie!
Colorful indeed!!!
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on 24 Aug 2006 at 6:54 pm 4.rocksea said …
yeah sarah!
geetha, preethika,
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on 24 Aug 2006 at 7:43 pm 5.Seema said …
That black beauty rite on top is simply stunning !
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on 20 Sep 2007 at 9:22 pm 6.Satyanarayana said …
Its amazing. Wonderful blog post. I enjoyed a lot and unable to express it in words. Thank you very much.Keep blogging.
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