Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 977347

European Peacock
Aglais io

Observation date: May 10, 2014
Submitted by: Daryl Hutton
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: flew like a butterfly from flower to flower, had not seen before
Status: Stray
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: June 04, 2014
Coordinator notes: Hi, Mr. Hutton, this is a very important record, the first Ontario record of this beautiful species. It is a European species, but somehow got imported into the Montreal area a few years ago. there have been only occasional reports from there. Would you please get in touch with me through BAMONA. Iwould like to get any other information that you have on this, or on other butterflies. Ross Layberry
Checklist region(s): Canada, Ontario