thanks Oliver for bringing this to my attention, i had forgotten about this thread.

today, out of nowhere, a butterfly appeared, flying out from under my computer desk, towards the window...
i'd never seen such a beautiful butterfly. i took some pics, before letting it out the window.


anyway, it's a Peacock Butterfly, the European/Asian variety.
i tried to find some info about the symbolic meaning of this particular butterfly online, but couldn't find any.
a friend however, said "Oh Neil. That's you officially "in" now. The peacock is the ultimate messenger. Sometimes known as the soul bird as it has eyes on it's wings and it emerges to gift the world with beauty. It transforms itself out of imago cells which form when it's caterpillar body dies in the chrysalis. Death of the old self informs birth of the transcendant."