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Purple emperor, Apatura iris (Iris butterfly, Papilio iris). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw
Apatura iris, purple emperorPlate 20 from Illustrations of British Butterflies and their Larvae (1892) by Theo Johnson. Cropped image of illustration
Two-tailed pasha, Charaxes jasius 1 and purple emperor, Apatura iris 2, and tulip. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste dedie a la Jeunesse, Histoire des Papillons
Purple emperor butterfly and lesser purple emperorPurple emperor butterfly, Apatura iris, ventral and dorsal, and lesser purple emperor, Apatura ilia. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel
Poplar admiral and purple emperorPoplar admiral butterfly, Limenitis populi, 1, 2, 3, 4, and purple emperor, Apatura iris 5, 6, 7, 8, with caterpillar and pupa
Curtis British Entomology Plate 338Lepidoptera: Apatura iris (Purple Emperor) Date: 1824-39
Illustration, Nymphalidae -- Danaidae -- Limenitis Populi, Apatura Iris, Apatura Ilia (variety Clytie), Charaxes Jasius, Danaus Chrysippus
Purple emperor butterfly, Apatura iris.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from The Naturalists Pocket Magazine; or, Complete Cabinet of the Curiosities and Beauties of Nature (1798-1802)
Purple Emperor by John Curtis (1791 - 1862) from British Entomology