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The Butterfly Series - I se Got You! early 20th century
Madame Genee in A Dream of Roses and Butterflies, 1914 Date: 1915
Women entomologists catching butterflies in a garden, mid 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste dedie a la Jeunesse, Histoire des Papillons, Hippolyte and Polydor Pauquet
Butterfly collectors tools from the 18th century: aerial net on a cane 1, scissors with racquets 2, small preservative brush 6, and soft brush to remove dust 9
Light crimson underwing, old lady, drinker and yellow-tailLight crimson underwing, Catocala promissa, old lady, Mormo maura, drinker, Euthrix potatoria, and yellow-tail, Euproctis similis
Giant emperor moth, Saturnia pyri (Pavonia major). Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas Natural History of European
Small emperor moth and tau emperorSmall emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia, male and female, and tau emperor, Aglia tau. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte
Buff-tip, poplar lappet and lappet mothBuff-tip, Phalera bucephala, poplar lappet, Gastropacha populifolia, and lappet moth, Gastropacha quercifolia. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis
Tiger moth, garden tiger and hebe tigerTiger moth, Atlantarctia tigrina, garden tiger moth, Arctia caja, and hebe tiger moth, Arctia festiva. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas
Lime hawkmoth, eyed hawkmoth, and poplar hawkmothLime hawkmoth, Mimas tiliae, eyed hawkmoth, Smerinthus ocellatus, and poplar hawkmoth, Laothoe populi. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas
Deaths Head hawkmoth and oak hawkmothDeaths Head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos, and oak hawkmoth, Marumba quercus. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas
Convolvulus hawkmoth and privet hawkmothConvolvulus hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli and privet hawkmoth, Sphinx ligustri. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas
Vine hawkmoth, Mediterranean hawkmothVine hawkmoth, Hippotion celerio, Mediterranean hawkmoth, Hyles nicaea, and small elephant hawkmoth, Deilephila porcellus
Seathorn hawk-moth, dusky hawkmoth and spurge hawkmothSeathorn hawk-moth, Hyles hippophaes, dusky hawkmoth, Hyles vespertilio, and spurge hawkmoth, Hyles euphorbiae. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis
Oleander hawkmoth and hummingbird mothOleander hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii, and hummingbird moth or white-lined sphinx, Hyles lineata. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel
Satyrus arachne, Satyrus evias, spring ringlet, Erebia epistgyne (vulnerable), and marbled ringlet, Erebia montana goante
Meadow brown, eudore variety, ringlet and speckled woodMeadow brown, Maniola jurtina, eudore, Satyrus eudora, ringlet, Epinephele hyperanthus, and speckled wood, Pararge aegeria
Woodland brown, large brown wall and wall butterflyWoodland brown, Lopinga achine, large brown wall, Lasiommata maera, and wall butterfly, Lasiommata megera. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas
Black satyr, Norse grayling and grayling femaleBlack satyr, Satyrus actaea, Norse grayling, Oeneis norna, and grayling, Hipparchia semele, female. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel
Dryad, striped grayling and great sooty satyrDryad, Minois dryas, striped grayling, Hipparchia fidia, and great sooty satyr, Satyrus ferula. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel
Great banded grayling, hermit and easternGreat banded grayling, Brintesia circe, hermit, Chazara briseis, and eastern rock grayling, Hipparchia syriaca butterfly. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by
Cardinal butterfly, Argynnis pandora, dorsal and ventral views. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas Natural History
Silver-washed fritillary and Niobe fritillarySilver-washed fritillary butterflies, Argynnis paphia and Argynnis paphia valezina, and Niobe fritillary, Argynnis niobe. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by
Mountain apollo, small apollo and clouded apolloMountain apollo, Parnassius apollo, vulnerable, small apollo, Parnassius phoebus, and clouded apollo, Parnassius mnemosyne
Scarce swallowtail and unknown swallowtailScarce swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius, and unknown swallowtail, Papilio ajax (suppressed name). (Eastern tiger swallowtail, Papilio glaucus)
Two-tailed pasha or foxy emperor, Charaxes jasius, dorsal and ventral views. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas
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, common glider, and Hungarian gliderPoplar admiral, Limenitis populi, common glider, Neptis sappho, and Hungarian glider, Neptis rivularis. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas
White admiral and southern white admiralWhite admiral, Limenitis camilla, dorsal and ventral, and southern white admiral, Limenitis reducta. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel
Lofty bath white, brimstone and bath whiteLofty bath white, Pontia callidice, brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni, and bath white, Pontia daplidice. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel
Moorland clouded yellow, cleopatra and pale clouded yellowMoorland clouded yellow, Colias palaeno, cleopatra butterfly, Gonepteryx cleopatra, and pale clouded yellow, Colias hyale
Large white, clouded yellow and black-veined whiteLarge white, Pieris brassicae, clouded yellow, Colias croceus, and black-veined white, Aporia crataegi. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas
Map and European beak butterfliesMap butterflies, Araschnia levana and Araschnia levana prorsa, and European beak or nettle-tree butterfly, Libythea celtis
Painted lady, false comma, and comma butterfly varietyPainted lady, Vanessa cardui, false comma, Nymphalis vaualbum, and comma butterfly variety, Polygonia c-album. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis
Large tortoiseshell, small tortoiseshellLarge tortoiseshell, Nymphalis polychloros, small tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae, and comma butterfly, Polygonia c-album. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by
Camberwell beauty, peacock and red admiral butterfliesCamberwell beauty, Nymphalis antiopa, peacock butterfly, Aglais io, and red admiral, Vanessa atalanta. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas
Title page with decorative calligraphy among flowers and butterflies. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas Natural
Varieties of butterflies including a swallowtail. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Georg Wolfgang Knorr from his Deliciae Naturae Selectae of Kabinet van Zeldzaamheden der Natuur
Apollo butterfly, Parnassius apollo 1Mountain Apollo butterfly, Parnassius apollo 1, and southern festoon, Zerynthia polyxena 2, larva and pupa. Parnassius apollon, Thais medesicaste. Papillons, butterflies
Noctua butterfliesPease blossom, Periphanes delphinii 1, cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera 2, yellow underwing, Anarta myrtilli 3, and large yellow underwing, Noctua pronuba, larva and pupa 4
Pierid butterfliesCommon jezebel, Delias eucharis 1, cattleheart white, Archonias brassolis 2, tiger mimic white, Dismorphia amphione 3, wood white, Leptidea sinapis 4
Orange tip and blue-spotted ArabOrange tip butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, pupa and caterpillar 1 and blue-spotted Arab, Colotis phisadia phisadia 2. Pierides butterflies: Anthocharis du cresson, Idmais arne
Valerian, peacock butterfly and red admiralValerian, Valeriana officinalis 1, peacock butterfly, Aglais io 2, red admiral, Vanessa atalanta 3. Valeriane, Vanesses butterflies
Fairy with flowers and a butterfly on a greetings cardFairy in moonlight with flowers and a butterfly on a greetings card. Date: circa 1900s
Label, Cherub with Love Letter riding in a roseChristmas Cracker Label, Cherub with Love Letter or Valentines Card riding in a pink rose pulled along by butterflies. 19th century
Cupids and flowers on a romantic paper lace card in silver and white -- Affections offering to my true love. circa 1890s
Fairy with butterflies on a Valentines card. Date: circa 1890s
Advert, Swan Fountain Pen, in colours exquisite as Nature s. circa 1930