Fritillary Collection

Fritillary

Dark Green Fritillary butterflies by David Parry

Dark green fritillary, Argynnis aglaia (Charlotte butterfly, Papilio charlotta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare

Lily and orchid species including orchis, cypripedium, epidendrum, dendrobium, canna, crocus, strelizia, banana, iris, fritillary, aloe, ginger, etc

Fritillary butterflies
Queen of Spain fritillary, Issoria lathonia 1, dark green fritillary, Argynnis aglaja 2 and silver-washed fritillary, Argynnis paphia 3

High brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe (Adippe butterfly, Papilio adippe). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Silver-washed fritillary and Niobe fritillary
Silver-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

High brown fritillary, dark green fritillary
High brown fritillary, Fabriciana adippe, dark green fritillary, Argynnis aglaja, and Queen of Spain fritillary, Issoria lathonia

Fritillary butterfly varieties
Marbled fritillary, Brenthis daphne, lesser marbled fritillary, Brenthis ino, pearl-bordered fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne, and violet fritillary, Boloria dia

Snakes head fritillary, hummingbird fuchsia and seaweeds
Snakes head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris 1, hummingbird fuchsia, Fuchsia magellanica 2, toothed wrack, Fucus serratus 3 and Fucus siliqueux 4. Fritillaire, Fuchsie, Fucus

Snakes head fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Firespike fritillary, Fritillaria montana. Handcoloured lithograph from Diederich von Schlechtendals German Flora (Flora von Deutschland), Jena, 1871

Indian fritillary butterfly, Argynnis hyperbius, female 1, male 2. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwoods new edition of Dru Drurys Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Bohn, London, 1837

Green-banded swallowtail and spotted fritillary butterfly
Green-banded swallowtail butterfly, Papilio nireus 1, 2, and spotted fritillary, Melitaea didyma (Melitaea cytheris) 3, 4, ventral and dorsal. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Regal fritillary and fiery skipper butterfly
Regal fritillary butterfly, Speyeria idalia, female 1, 3, and male 2, and the fiery skipper, Hylephila phyleus 4, 5. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Queen of Spain fritillary butterfly on pansies
Queen of Spain fritillary butterfly, Issoria lathonia, and common stiletto fly, Thereva nobilitata, on wild pansies, Viola tricolor

Curtis British Entomology Plate 386
Lepidoptera: Melitaea selene = Boloria (Argynnis) selene (Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary) [Plant: Viola hirta (Hairy Violet)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 326
Coleoptera: Blethisa multipuctata = Blethisa multipunctatum (Large-punctured Carabus) [Plant: Fritillaria melleagris (Common Fritillary)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 316
Lepidoptera: Hamearis lucina (Duke-of-Burgundy Fritillary) [Plant: Primula vulgaris (Common Primrose)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 290
Lepidoptera: Argynnis aglaia var. (Dark Green Fritillary) [Plant: ? (Conferva fluviatilis)] Date: 1824-39

Rose, primula, Narcissus, Fritillaria
Ink & wash on paper, c. 1820 by Lucy Hardcastle (1771-c.1835). Held in the Library and Archives Date: circa 1820

Regal fritillary butterfly, Speyeria idalia Vulnerable
Regal fritillary butterfly, Speyeria idalia. Vulnerable.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812

Tulips and fritillaries, Tulipa and Fritillaria.. Handcolored stipple engraving from Le Jardinier Fleuriste, Dedie aus Dames par un Amateur, Chez Marcilly, Paris, 1818

Fritillaria bucharica, white fritillary from central Asia.. Hand-coloured botanical illustration drawn by Matilda Smith and lithographed by John Nugent Fitch from Joseph Dalton Hookers Curtiss

Fritillary Butterflies Date: 1868

Metitaea ismeria and Helianthus tracheliifolius

Boloria selene, small pearl bordered fritillary
Varieties of the small pearl bordered fritillary butterfly from the collection of the late R.M. Craske. Now in the National Collection of British Lepidoptera

Argynnis paphia, silver-washed fritillary
Plate 31. A Watercolour by Frederick William Frohawk (1861-1946) depicting a caterpillar, chyrsalis and adult silver-washed fritillary butterfly

Argynnis lathonia, Queen of Spain fritillary
From Illustrations of British Butterflies: with occasional figures of the larva, pupa, and food-plant (1878) by Theo Johnson

Fritillaria sp. fritillary
An illustration by Johann Christoph Keller, 1786. Original arwork from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Fritillaria imperialis, crown imperial
An illustration by Johann Christoph Keller, 1757. Original artwork from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Butterfly lifecycle
Plate 109 from 298 water-colour drawings of insects and larvae, Frankfurdt 1622 by C. Flegel

Argynnis aglaja, dark green fritillary
From Illustrations of British Butterflies: with occasional figures of the larva, pupa, and food-plant (1878) by Theo Johnson

Arygynnis adippe, high brown fritillary

Argynnis adippe, high brown fritillary
Plate 29 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed, by Theo Johnson, 1892

Handwritten notes by John Abbot
Handwritten notes to accompany Plate 34, 7 from Volume 16 by John Abbot. Illustration of Metitaea ismeria and Helianthus tracheliifolius

Argynnis paphia var. valezina, female silver washed fritilla
Plate 12, figure 22 from Natural History of British Butterflies Vol.1, c. 1914 by Frederick William Frohawk (1861-1946). Held in the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Nymphalis phalerati, silver spotted fritillary
An illustration of a Great American silver spotted fritillary butterfly and and may cock or flesh coloured passion flower by John Abbot (1751-1840)

Fritillaria Meleagris
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