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Butterflies Collection

Background imageButterflies Collection: Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly

Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly
A 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

Background imageButterflies Collection: Red Admiral Butterfly

Red Admiral Butterfly
RED ADMIRAL & PEACOCK BUTTERFLIES. Their brightly coloured wing markings are shown clearly

Background imageButterflies Collection: Red Admiral Butterfly

Red Admiral Butterfly
The RED ADMIRAL and other English butterflies

Background imageButterflies Collection: London Pride & Gold. Rod

London Pride & Gold. Rod
SAXIFRAGA URBIUM (LONDON PRIDE) and SOLIDAGO VIRGAUREA (GOLDEN ROD) depicted with various butterflies

Background imageButterflies Collection: Insects of Surinam

Insects of Surinam
Plate 7 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)

Background imageButterflies Collection: A Golden Girl by Barribal

A Golden Girl by Barribal
A colour illustration of a young girl holding a piece of golden fabric, mimicking the surrounding butterflies

Background imageButterflies Collection: Butterfly illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian

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

Background imageButterflies Collection: Insects of Surinam

Insects of Surinam
Plate 9 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)

Background imageButterflies Collection: Countryside Flowers and Butterflies

Countryside Flowers and Butterflies
Red Admiral and Peacock Butterflies amid a mass of vegetation including berries, rosehips, ivy and holly

Background imageButterflies Collection: Folklore / Fairies

Folklore / Fairies
Fairy flying with butterflies

Background imageButterflies Collection: Butterfly illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian

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

Background imageButterflies Collection: British Butterflies - Various

British Butterflies - Various - including: Chalk Hill Blue Butterfly (male), Wood White Butterfly, Purple Hairstreak Butterfly (female), Purple Hairstreak Butterfly (at rest)

Background imageButterflies Collection: Phoebis sennae, cloudless sulphur butterfly

Phoebis sennae, cloudless sulphur butterfly
Photograph of a mounted specimen of cloudless sulphur. Male. Species occurs on the Galapagos Islands

Background imageButterflies Collection: I kiss your little hand, madame, by J. Nicolson

I kiss your little hand, madame, by J. Nicolson
Illustration of a glamorous lady catching butterflies

Background imageButterflies Collection: Papillons - butterflies

Papillons - butterflies
Variety of butterflies and moths. Date: 1930

Background imageButterflies Collection: Entomological specimens of Lepidoptera

Entomological specimens of Lepidoptera
Unidentified photograph of mounted specimens of butterflies and moths

Background imageButterflies Collection: Inachis io, peacock butterfly

Inachis io, peacock butterfly
Plate 23 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed, by Theo Johnson, 1892

Background imageButterflies Collection: Morpho cypris, blue morpho butterfly

Morpho cypris, blue morpho butterfly
Butterfly from Central America. South America. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageButterflies Collection: Butterflies in Larousse

Butterflies in Larousse
Various decorative butterflies Date: 1913

Background imageButterflies Collection: The Butterfly by Barribal

The Butterfly by Barribal
Gorgeous and sumptuous illustration by William Barribal featuring a woman dressed as a butterfly. Date: 1914

Background imageButterflies Collection: Butterflies and flowers on a palette-shaped Christmas card

Butterflies and flowers on a palette-shaped Christmas card
Butterflies and flowers with a snow scene on a palette-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageButterflies Collection: H. W. Bates illustrated notebooks

H. W. Bates illustrated notebooks
Plate 7 from a notebook of Henry W. Bates (1825-92) relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854

Background imageButterflies Collection: The Sketch Summer Number front cover, 1933

The Sketch Summer Number front cover, 1933
Stunning, graphic, art deco style front cover designed by Erte with stylised flowers, butterflies and a face in profile

Background imageButterflies Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 304

Curtis British Entomology Plate 304
Lepidoptera: Paucalia woodiella = Euclemensia woodiella (Manchester Tinea) [Plant: Cephalanthera damosonium (Epipactis grandiflora L. or E. pallens Swartz, White Epipactis)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageButterflies Collection: Pharmacophagus antenor, giant swallowtail

Pharmacophagus antenor, giant swallowtail
Giant swallowtail butterfly and the common rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae). Plate 15 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

Background imageButterflies Collection: Butterflies from the Amazon by H. W. Bates

Butterflies from the Amazon by H. W. Bates
A page (p 144) from a notebook of Henry W. Bates relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854

Background imageButterflies Collection: Entomological specimens of Lepidoptera

Entomological specimens of Lepidoptera
Unidentified photograph of mounted specimens of butterflies and moths

Background imageButterflies Collection: Caprimulgus vociferus, whip-poor-will

Caprimulgus vociferus, whip-poor-will
Plate 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

Background imageButterflies Collection: The Butterfly by Muriel Dawson

The Butterfly by Muriel Dawson
A little girl, knee deep in a field of wild flowers, picks some to make a charming bunch on which a Red Admiral butterfly lingers

Background imageButterflies Collection: Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfl

Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfl
Digital image of the upperside of a mounted specimen of a Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly from the family Papilionidae

Background imageButterflies Collection: Cabbage White Butterflies

Cabbage White Butterflies Date: 1868

Background imageButterflies Collection: Large Blue Butterflies

Large Blue Butterflies Date: 1868

Background imageButterflies Collection: Morpho rhetenor, blue morpho butterfly

Morpho rhetenor, blue morpho butterfly
Illustrative plate of a blue morpho butterfly from Insects of China by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

Background imageButterflies Collection: Inachis io, peacock butterfly

Inachis io, peacock butterfly
Plate 23 from Illustrations of British Butterflies and their Larvae (1892) by Theo Johnson. Cropped image of illustration

Background imageButterflies Collection: Beetles and Butterflies

Beetles and Butterflies
Insects of the English countryside - including Stag Beetle (lucanus), Tiger Beetle (cicindelida) and a variety of butterflies and moths (lepidoptera)

Background imageButterflies Collection: Peacock Butterflies

Peacock Butterflies Date: 1868

Background imageButterflies Collection: Ornithoptera croesus, Wallaces golden birdwing butterfly

Ornithoptera croesus, Wallaces golden birdwing butterfly

Background imageButterflies Collection: La Saison des Papillons by Nick

La Saison des Papillons by Nick
Charming 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

Background imageButterflies Collection: Ballet dancers

Ballet dancers
Art Nouveau style illustration depicting two ballet dancers decorated with petals and butterflies. Artist: Ethel Larcombe Date: circa 1910

Background imageButterflies Collection: Clouded Yellow Butterflies

Clouded Yellow Butterflies Date: 1868

Background imageButterflies Collection: Motacilla alba, white wagtail

Motacilla alba, white wagtail
Plate 2 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageButterflies Collection: Apatura iris, purple emperor

Apatura iris, purple emperor
Plate 20 from Illustrations of British Butterflies and their Larvae (1892) by Theo Johnson. Cropped image of illustration

Background imageButterflies Collection: Swallowtail Butterflies

Swallowtail Butterflies Date: 1868

Background imageButterflies Collection: Large Copper Butterflies

Large Copper Butterflies Date: 1868

Background imageButterflies Collection: Ananas comosus (pineapple) & Philaethria dido

Ananas comosus (pineapple) & Philaethria dido
Pineapple tree (Ananas comosus) with butterfly, caterpillar & crysalis (Philaethria dido). Plate 2 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)

Background imageButterflies Collection: Examples of mimicry among butterflies

Examples of mimicry among butterflies
Plate from On the lepidoptera of the Amazon Valley. Transactions of the Linnean Society, by H.W. Bates, 1862

Background imageButterflies Collection: Papilio polytes & Papilio polymnester

Papilio polytes & Papilio polymnester
The common mormon (Papilio polytes) and the blue mormon (Papilio polymnestor). Plate 20 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

Background imageButterflies Collection: H. W. Bates illustrated notebook

H. W. Bates illustrated notebook
Plate 7 from a notebook of Henry W. Bates (1825-92) relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854

Background imageButterflies Collection: Butterflies painted by H. W. Bates

Butterflies painted by H. W. Bates
A page from a notebook of Henry W. Bates relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854

Background imageButterflies Collection: Rosa indica (chinensis), China rose

Rosa indica (chinensis), China rose
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Rosier Bengale the hymenee

Background imageButterflies Collection: Snake Tattoo

Snake Tattoo
The latest craze for feminine beauty is the tattooing of the back with serpents, butterflies, etc. This picture was taken in a London salon. Date: 1929

Background imageButterflies Collection: Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea spectabilis visited by butterflies Date: circa 1840

Background imageButterflies Collection: Chinese Cats / Silkworms

Chinese Cats / Silkworms
These magical spirit-cats perform the vital function of keeping away the rats which would otherwise devour the silkworms : the flowers also keep the worms healthy

Background imageButterflies Collection: Monarch Butterfly

Monarch Butterfly
MONARCH BUTTERFLY (danais archippus)

Background imageButterflies Collection: Girl / Country Meadow 1890

Girl / Country Meadow 1890
A little girl lies among the daisies in a spring meadow

Background imageButterflies Collection: Fairies and Elves Feast

Fairies and Elves Feast
Feasting and fun among the fuchsias - fairies and elves are visited by butterflies, which gives you some idea how tiny they are !

Background imageButterflies Collection: Inachis io Linneaus, peacock butterfly

Inachis io Linneaus, peacock butterfly
Close up of wing of peacock butterfly from the family Nymphalida. Magnified wing detail from specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageButterflies Collection: Butterfly studies

Butterfly studies
A plate from a field note book of Rose Monteiro depicting butterfly studies

Background imageButterflies Collection: Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly

Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly

Background imageButterflies Collection: Morpho menelaus, blue morpho

Morpho menelaus, blue morpho
Scanning electron microscope image of the wing scales from the wing of a South American blue morpho butterfly (x 670 on a standard 9 cm wide print)

Background imageButterflies Collection: Coccyzus americanus, yellow-billed cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus, yellow-billed cuckoo
Plate 2 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved by W.H. Lizars, Edinburgh, retouched by R. Havell & Son, London

Background imageButterflies Collection: White Butterfly

White Butterfly
A black veined White Butterfly (Aporia Crataegi). Date: 1930s

Background imageButterflies Collection: Country Flowers and Butterflies

Country Flowers and Butterflies
Many varieties of wild flowers with a Cabbage White and Tortoiseshell butterflies. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageButterflies Collection: On Christmas Day in the country - some of the animals which might be found hibernating or over-wintering in

On Christmas Day in the country - some of the animals which might be found hibernating or over-wintering in the vicinity of farm buildings - a hidden population of winter sleepers

Background imageButterflies Collection: Africa - Precis octavia, the gaudy commodore butterfly

Africa - Precis octavia, the gaudy commodore butterfly
Africa - Precis octavia, the gaudy commodore, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is native to Africa. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageButterflies Collection: Edwardian Children

Edwardian Children
Edwardian children out in the country chasing butterflies. Date: 1900

Background imageButterflies Collection: Renaissance painting on vellum by Giulio Clovio, 1573

Renaissance painting on vellum by Giulio Clovio, 1573
Renaissance art: painting. Painting on vellum by Giulio Clovio on the elevation of Gregory XIII to the Papal throne, 1573

Background imageButterflies Collection: Varieties of butterflies, moths, etc

Varieties of butterflies, moths, etc
Varieties of butterflies, swallowtails, moths, hawkmoths, and their caterpillars, larvae, pupae, etc. Handcoloured lithograph by C

Background imageButterflies Collection: Varieties of butterflies, moths, etc

Varieties of butterflies, moths, etc
Varieties of butterflies, moths, and their caterpillars, larvae, pupae, etc. Handcoloured lithograph by C

Background imageButterflies Collection: Models for embroidered muslin purses

Models for embroidered muslin purses. With designs of a landscape with cow, birds, butterflies, crosses and lattice patterns. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D

Background imageButterflies Collection: Herald moth and large yellow underwing

Herald moth and large yellow underwing
Herald moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix 1 and large yellow underwing, Noctua pronuba 2. Dainty butterfly, Phalaena noctua libatrix 1, nuptial butterfly, Phalaena noctua pronuba 2

Background imageButterflies Collection: Decorative scenes with red squirrels, birds and insects

Decorative scenes with red squirrels, birds and insects
Two red squirrels eating fruit, blue birds, butterflies and insects. Taken from A New Drawing Book of Beasts, Birds, etc

Background imageButterflies Collection: A woman holds a perfume flask as butterflies flutter around it

A woman holds a perfume flask as butterflies flutter around it, ancient Persia. She stands with a deer under a willow tree as a musician plays music on a lute

Background imageButterflies Collection: Children playing games with butterflies

Children playing games with butterflies. A toddler chases an insect in a bedroom, 17th century print. Two boys chase butterflies with nets and hats, 19th century print. Les amusements des enfants

Background imageButterflies Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 436

Curtis British Entomology Plate 436
Hymenoptera: *Emphytus fasciatus (Banded Tenthredo) [Plant: Sparganium simplex (Less Burr-reed)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageButterflies Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 262

Curtis British Entomology Plate 262
Coleoptera: Aphanisticus pusillus (Smallest Buprestid) [Plant: Melampyrum cristatum (Crested Cow-wheat)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageButterflies Collection: Morpho menelaus, Cramers blue butterfly

Morpho menelaus, Cramers blue butterfly

Background imageButterflies Collection: Blue underwing, red underwing and dark crimson underwing

Blue underwing, red underwing and dark crimson underwing
Blue underwing, Catocala fraxini, red underwing, Catocala nupta, and dark crimson underwing, Catocala sponsa

Background imageButterflies Collection: Old World swallowtail and southern swallowtail

Old World swallowtail and southern swallowtail
Old World swallowtail, Papilio machaon, and alexanor or southern swallowtail, Papilio alexanor

Background imageButterflies Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 80

Curtis British Entomology Plate 80
Coleoptera: Parnus impressus = Dryops luridus (Impressed Parnus) [Plant: Aster tripolium (Sea Starwort)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageButterflies Collection: Art deco sketch by C. E. Shand for Butterflies, 1920s

Art deco sketch by C. E. Shand for Butterflies, 1920s
Art deco sketch by C.E. Shand for Butterflies, 1920s Date: 1920s

Background imageButterflies Collection: Jeunes Trottins

Jeunes Trottins
This illustration portrays three young women standing close together by a lamp post, surrounded by flitting butterflies, one of the girls is looking over her shoulder, cheekily cocking a snook

Background imageButterflies Collection: Dubarry The Heart Of A Rose Advertisement

Dubarry The Heart Of A Rose Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Dubarry et Cie, London based perfumers. The image promotes an exquisite new perfume, The Heart of a Rose, accompanied by a pink rose surrounded by butterflies

Background imageButterflies Collection: The Blue Butterflies

The Blue Butterflies
A still life painting of a couple of vases of flowers, one containing a wide mixture of coloured specimens, while the other comprises mainly of red poppies



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