She foillycan 'sy chynney Nymphalidae ee peacag (Inachis io). T'ee ry-akin 'syn Oarpey as er feie yn Aishey hempreilagh dys yn Çhapaan. She oltey ynrican y ghenus Inachis t'ayn.

Peacag

Çheu s'yrdjey

Çheu s'inshley
Rang oaylleeagh
Reeriaght: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Rang: Insecta
Oardagh: Lepidoptera
Kynney: Nymphalidae
Clein: Nymphalini
Genus: Inachis
Hübner, 1819
Dooie: I. io
Ennym daa-ennymagh
Inachis io
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Co-cheayllee

Nymphalis io
Papilio io

Jalloo-oaylleeaght reagh

Ta lheead skianyn wheesh as 55mm eck. Ta ny skianyn ruy, as ta cowrey sooilley[noa] (eyespot) doo, buigh as gorrym er baare dagh skian. Ta oirr ghone-ghlass myrgeayrt ny skianyn as ta'n corp hene dhone. Ta çheu s'inshley ny skianyn follit liorish daaghyn dhoneagh dorraghey.

Bea reagh

Ta'n pheacag ry-akin ayns magheyrn, lheeanteeyn as keylljyn, chammah's gareyderyn, as dys ardjid wheesh as 2500m. Ta ny fyrrynee thallooinagh, as t'ad reih thalloo ta kianglt rish ynnydyn brey ooh.[1][2] T'ad ceau yn geurey roish my t'ad brey oohyn leah 'syn arrey, wheesh as 400 ec yn un cheayrt.[3] Ta ny h-oohyn glass olive, as rimmeigagh. T'ad goll er brey er çheu s'inshley duillagyn undaagee as lus y ghargid.[4]. Ta'n phraddag doo soilsheanagh; er dagh meer, ta spuitt vaney as shey straihyn dy yialgyn wheddyragh. T'ad gaase wheesh as 42mm er lhiurid, as gee undaagagh (Urtica dioica), lus y ghargid (Humulus lupulus) as undaagagh rangagh (Urtica urens).[3] Ta'n chryslid lheeah, glass ny dhone.[4]

Ta peacagyn aasit gee naghtyr veih ymmodee blaaghyn, goaill stiagh lus y toar villish, shellagh, lus ny minnag, lus villish, jeshal as shamrag. T'ad gee soo biljyn as mess loau myrgeddin.

Bun-ocklaght reagh

Ta'n emmyn Ladjynagh rere Io, ny ben ayns far-skeealaght ny Greag.

Imraaghyn reagh

  1. "Territorial Behaviour of the Nymphalid Butterflies, Aglais urticae (L.) and Inachis io (L.)" (1972). Journal of Animal Ecology 41 (2). 
  2. Price, Peter W. (1997). Insect ecology, 3oo (Baarle), John Wiley, 874. ISBN 9780471161844. Feddynit er 2010-11-11.
  3. a b Eeles, Peter. Peacock - Inachis io (Baarle). UK Butterflies. Feddynit er 2010-11-11.
  4. a b Stokoe, W.J. (1966). The Observers Book of Butterflies, lhieggan caslyssagh, The Observer's Books (Baarle), London: Frederick Warne & Co., 103–104.

Kianglaghyn çheumooie reagh