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Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterflyA mounted specimen of Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly from Papua New Guinea. Male specimen measuring 188 mm across wingtips. See 14964 for the female which is larger
A Golden Girl by BarribalA colour illustration of a young girl holding a piece of golden fabric, mimicking the surrounding butterflies
Insects of SurinamPlate 7 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)
Red Admiral ButterflyThe RED ADMIRAL and other English butterflies
London Pride & Gold. RodSAXIFRAGA URBIUM (LONDON PRIDE) and SOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA (GOLDEN ROD) depicted with various butterflies
Red Admiral ButterflyRED ADMIRAL & PEACOCK BUTTERFLIES. Their brightly coloured wing markings are shown clearly
Butterfly illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, engraved by J Mulder, from a visit to Suriname, South America
Insects of SurinamPlate 9 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)
Countryside Flowers and ButterfliesRed Admiral and Peacock Butterflies amid a mass of vegetation including berries, rosehips, ivy and holly
Butterfly illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, engraved by P Sluyter, from a visit to Suriname, South America
British Butterflies - Various - including: Chalk Hill Blue Butterfly (male), Wood White Butterfly, Purple Hairstreak Butterfly (female), Purple Hairstreak Butterfly (at rest)
Papillons - butterfliesVariety of butterflies and moths. Date: 1930
Inachis io, peacock butterflyPlate 23 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed, by Theo Johnson, 1892
Morpho cypris, blue morpho butterflyButterfly from Central America. South America. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London
Phoebis sennae, cloudless sulphur butterflyPhotograph of a mounted specimen of cloudless sulphur. Male. Species occurs on the Galapagos Islands
Butterflies in LarousseVarious decorative butterflies Date: 1913
I kiss your little hand, madame, by J. NicolsonIllustration of a glamorous lady catching butterflies
Folklore / FairiesFairy flying with butterflies
The Sketch Summer Number front cover, 1933Stunning, graphic, art deco style front cover designed by Erte with stylised flowers, butterflies and a face in profile
Butterflies and flowers on a palette-shaped Christmas cardButterflies and flowers with a snow scene on a palette-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
H. W. Bates illustrated notebooksPlate 7 from a notebook of Henry W. Bates (1825-92) relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854
Pharmacophagus antenor, giant swallowtailGiant swallowtail butterfly and the common rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae). Plate 15 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
Entomological specimens of LepidopteraUnidentified photograph of mounted specimens of butterflies and moths
Butterflies from the Amazon by H. W. BatesA page (p 144) from a notebook of Henry W. Bates relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854
Caprimulgus vociferus, whip-poor-willPlate 82 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London
The Butterfly by Muriel DawsonA little girl, knee deep in a field of wild flowers, picks some to make a charming bunch on which a Red Admiral butterfly lingers
Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterflDigital image of the upperside of a mounted specimen of a Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly from the family Papilionidae
Large Blue Butterflies Date: 1868
Morpho rhetenor, blue morpho butterflyIllustrative plate of a blue morpho butterfly from Insects of China by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)
Fairies by Hilda MillerEnchanting illustration depicting a group of fairies holding hands and dancing through a field of flowers, while butterflies overhead mimic their dance steps
Beetles and ButterfliesInsects of the English countryside - including Stag Beetle (lucanus), Tiger Beetle (cicindelida) and a variety of butterflies and moths (lepidoptera)
Peacock Butterflies Date: 1868
Cabbage White Butterflies Date: 1868
Ornithoptera croesus, Wallaces golden birdwing butterfly
La Saison des Papillons by NickCharming illustration by Nick showing a young woman in a perfectly coordinated 1920s outfit with cloche hat, clasping her hands in delight as she looks a butterflies flitting in the air
Ballet dancersArt Nouveau style illustration depicting two ballet dancers decorated with petals and butterflies. Artist: Ethel Larcombe Date: circa 1910
Clouded Yellow Butterflies Date: 1868
Motacilla alba, white wagtailPlate 2 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Inachis io, peacock butterflyPlate 23 from Illustrations of British Butterflies and their Larvae (1892) by Theo Johnson. Cropped image of illustration
Swallowtail Butterflies Date: 1868
Large Copper Butterflies Date: 1868
The Butterfly by BarribalGorgeous and sumptuous illustration by William Barribal featuring a woman dressed as a butterfly. Date: 1914
Ananas comosus (pineapple) & Philaethria didoPineapple tree (Ananas comosus) with butterfly, caterpillar & crysalis (Philaethria dido). Plate 2 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)
Examples of mimicry among butterfliesPlate from On the lepidoptera of the Amazon Valley. Transactions of the Linnean Society, by H.W. Bates, 1862
Butterfly studiesA plate from a field note book of Rose Monteiro depicting butterfly studies
Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly
H. W. Bates illustrated notebookPlate 7 from a notebook of Henry W. Bates (1825-92) relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854