Peacock royal
The peacock royal is a small butterfly with shiny blue wings. When the light hits the male just right, his blue turns into a glowing blue-green, a bit like a peacock feather. Its back wings end in little black tails with white tips.
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Fun facts
The male is dark blue on top, while the female is a paler greyish blue.
Underneath, its wings are plain grey, so it looks quite different when it folds them.
Its feelers are black with white rings, and each one ends in a little red tip.
In Sri Lanka it has become rare in some places because forests are being cut down.
Most asked questions about Peacock royal
?Where does the peacock royal live?
In South and Southeast Asia, from Pakistan and India to Indonesia.
?Is the peacock royal dangerous?
No. It is a harmless butterfly that cannot bite or sting.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Tajuria cippus
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Tajuria cippus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Sithija I.Paranagama. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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