Lepidoptera Collection (page 7)

Henry Doubleday Photo
HENRY DOUBLEDAY Entomologist, ornothologist, grocer, ironmonger & insurance agent, noted for his work on the systematics of Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Date: 1808-1875

Lepidoptera Dance
Country dancing of anthropomorphised lepidoptera Date: circa 1840

Zebra Mosaic and Stinky Leafwing, caterpillars
Plate no. 26 from the collection of Jamaican Lepidoptera 1889-1898. Watercolour on paper, 1892 by Lady Edith Blake (1845-1926). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1892

Cerura vinula, puss moth
Watercolour on paper, c.1831 by Elizabeth Davy (d.1836). From the Elizabeth Davy collection of Butterflies & moths. Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1831

Caterpillars & pupa, Margaret Fountaine
Page 11 from bound volume. Watercolour and ink on paper, 1909 by Margaret Elizabeth Fountaine (1862-1940). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1909

Mucuna with insects in different life stages
Hand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition. Date: 1726

Sketchbooks of Lepidoptera, Margaret Fountaine
Various larvae and pupae watercolours with descriptions, 1933-35 Date: 1933

Idea tambusisiana, tree-nymph
Butterfly discovered on the slopes of Gunung Tambusisi on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia in 1981 by Anthony Bedford-Russell. Date: 1981

Lappet Moth - on tree-bark - has its wings and antennae in folded position that makes it looks like a small twig. Bohol, Philippines. February. Gastropacha sp. probably pardale

British Moths and Caterpillars - Various
British Moths - Various, including: Kentish Glory Moth, Wood Tiger Moth, Spurge Hawk Moth, Magpie Moth, Puss Moth and caterpillar and Grey Dagger Moth and caterpillar. Date: circa 1910s

Idea tambusisiana, tree-nymph
Butterfly discovered on the slopes of Gunung Tambusisi on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia in 1981 by Anthony Bedford-Russell

Icones Ornithopterorum by Robert Rippon, 1816-1917, English zoologist, entomologist and illustrator

Pieridae sp. sulphur butterflies
Original drawing for a plate in A field guide to the butterflies of the West Indies. Artwork by Brian Hargreaves. This picture must not be used without permission from Brian Hargreaves

Eumaeus atala, atala butterfly caterpillar
Atala caterpillar feeding on cycad plant. These butterflies are native to south Florida, U.S.A. Photographed by Jason D. Weintraub

20th Century Art: Wildlife sketch no. 28, by David Measures
Ball point pen and watercolour. Not wishing to follow traditional methods of scientific illustration, Measures chose to develop a technique which enabled an immediate method of recording his

Tirumala ishmoides ishmoides from Sulawezi, male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Butterfly specimen tray
A selection of butterflies showing diversity in colour size and shape. From the collections of the Natural History Museums Entomology Department

Papilio ulysses, ulysses butterfly
Image of a mounted specimen of a ulysses butterfly, from Indonesia

Polyommatus icarus, common blue butterfly
Plate 46 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed (1892) by Theo Johnson

Papilio machaon, swallowtail
Plate 1 from A Life-History of the British Butterflies (1906) Vol 1, by Theo Johnson

Asilidae, robber flies

Frontispiece from The Aurelian, by Moses Harris, 1766
Two men with butterfly nets

Asterope leprieuri, butterfly
The upperside of the Asterope leprieuri butterfly, Family Nymphalidae (Nymphalinae). Photographed by Harry Taylor

Morpho menelaus, Amazonian butterfly
An iridescent butterfly from the Amazon. Specimen from display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Agrias claudina, butterfly
Photograph of an Agrias claudina, Family Nymphalidae (Charaxinae)

Coscinocera hercules, Austrlian hercules moth
A pinned specimen of the Australian hercules moth (Coscinocera hercules) (Miskin, 1876). Specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Morpho menelaus, blue morpho butterfly
Plate 53 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian

Biston betularia, peppered moth
Two specimens of the same species of moth illustrating industrial melanism, which is abnormal deposits of melanin (especially in the skin)

Maculinea arion, large blue butterfly
Mounted specimens of the large blue butterfly, family Lycaenidae from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Papilio panthous, swallowtail
Plate 18 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

Papilio sp. and Cymothoe althea, swallowtails
Watercolour by Gerrit Wartenaar Lambertz from the Cramer Drawings Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Ornithoptera croesus, Wallaces golden birdwing butterfly
Specimen drawer of golden birdwing butterflys, collected by Alfred Russel Wallace

Callicore astarte, eighty eight butterfly
Photograph of the underside of a mounted specimen of (Callicore astarte) known as B.D. in Trinidad. Found in Colombia, Venezuela, tropical South America east of the Andes, and the island of Trinidad

Papilio xuthus, swallowtail butterfly
Photograph of a Natural History Museum mounted specimen of a swallowtail butterfly, viewed from above

Acronicta psi, grey dagger moth caterpillar
Grey dagger moth caterpillars feed on many types of tree and shrub including; birch, lime and hawthorn. The adult moths display black dagger-like markings on their wings

Ornithoptera chimaera, birdwing butterfly
Digital image of the upperside of a mounted specimen of a male birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera chimaera) from the family Papilionidae

Ornithoptera allotei, birdwing butterfly
Digital image of the upperside of a mounted specimen of a male birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera allotei) from the family Papilionidae

Ornithoptera paradisea, birdwing butterfly
Digital image of the underside of a mounted specimen of a male birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera paradisea) from the family Papilionidae

British Moths - Forester, Red Underwing, Scarce Green
A variety of British Moths - Forester, Red Underwing, Scarce Green Silver Lines, Small Yellow Wave and Emperor. Date: circa 1910s

Pierine genus, Butterfly wings
Watercolour, c.1928-1937? by Miss A. Ellen Prout (fl.1920s). Held in the Library and Archives

Tulip and small tortoiseshell
Guache on vellum, c.late 17th century by Maria Sibella Merian (1647-1717). From the collection of Insect paintings by Dutch Artists 17th-19th Century. Held in the Library and Archives

Tawny Rajah, Charaxes psaphon
George De Alwis (Dates unknown) Tawny Rajah (Charaxes psaphon), Westwood, c. 1874-1878. Watercolour on paper, 255 x 168 mm. Date: 1874

Cardinal Pandoriana pandora lilicina, (dorsal)
Pandoriana pandora lilicina (type specimen ), captured on May 31st, 1911 by Georges Durand, in the village of Olonne. Date: 1911

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium
Hand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. 1726 edition. Date: 1726

Hemithea squalidaria
Illustration from Fauna del regno di Napoli by Gabriele Costa Oronzio, 1848. Date: 1848

Entomological Specimens from the Wallace Collection
Display showing differences in colouring between male and female butterflies of the same species. Wallace believed that males fight to compete for females but that female choice was not a factor

Butterfly wing, showing structure, skeleton, scales.. Butterfly wing, showing structure, skeleton, scales and microscopic detail

Nun or black arches moth, and common house mosquito.. Nun moth, Lymantria monacha, caterpillar 1, moth, 2, 3, and common house mosquito, Culex pipiens, 4, 5, head and proboscis 6

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