Lepidoptera Collection (page 11)

Doleschallia hexophthalmos, Autumn leaf butterfly
An unnatural event recorded in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London. This autumn leaf had three antennae

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

Parthenos sylvia thesaurus, clipper butterfly
A subspecies of the clipper butterfly from Guadalcanal. The clipper butterfly ranges from Sri Lanka, India and Thailand through Indonesia to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

Polyommatus icarus, common blue
A female specimen of the common blue butterfly from England. In the common blue butterfly the males are always clear blue

Rothschildia orizaba
A large moth from the family Saturniidae: Saturniinae, from Panama. This species has a wingspan of 130mm

Elophita nymphaeata specimen from the Natural History Museums Entomology collection

Parnassius apollo Linnaeus, Papilionidae; Maculinea arion Li
And Lycaena phlaeas Linnaeus, Lycaenidae. Classis II Tab XLV from Insecten-Belustigung 1746-61, Volume 3 by August Johann R� von Rosenhof (1705-1759)

Actias luna, luna moth
This species of moth belong to the family Saturniidae: Saturniinae. This species has a wingspan of 83mm and originates from the U.S.A

Papilio ajax, black barred swallowtail butterfly
Plate 78 from Natural History of the Coleoptera and Lepidopterous Insects (1804) by John Abbot (1751-1840)

Linda Pitkin

Tineola bisselliella, common or webbing clothes moth model

Danaus gilippus, Queen butterfly
Photograph of a mounted specimen of the Queen, which occurs on the Galapagos Islands

Looper caterpillar
The looper caterpillar is a looper moth larva and is so-called because of the arching movement of its body as it travels

Cadphises moorei
Indo-Australasian butterfly specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Eurytides marcellus, zebra swallowtail (bottom)
Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720

Troides haliphron, birdwing butterfly
Digital image of the underside of a mounted specimen of a female birdwing butterfly (Troides haliphron) from the family Papilionidae

Swallowtail butterfly
Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720

Papilio sp. banded swallowtail
Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720

Erinnyis alope subspecies dispersa, alope sphinx moth
Photograph of a mounted specimen of a alope sphinx moth, which occurs on the Galapagos Islands

Thysania agrippina, white witch
Caterpillar, cocoon and adults of a white witch moth (Thysania agrippina). Plate 20 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)

English spiders with butterflies
Watercolour drawing of spiders and butterflies prepared for A Natural History of Spiders and other Curious Insects (1736) by Eleazar Albin

Swallowtail butterfly from the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Papilio glaucus, Eastern tiger swallowtail
Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720

Arctia caja, garden tiger moth
Photograph of a mounted specimen of the garden tiger moth

Heliconius ricini
Butterflies (Heliconius ricini) feed on caster-oil plant (Ricinus communis). Plate 30 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian

Papilio thoas, swallowtail butterfly
The thaos swallowtail butterfly from Mexico. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Papilio machaon, swallowtail butterfly
A photograph of a mounted specimen of the common swallowtail. Found in Europe, but only in the Norfolk Broads region of the U.K

Archaeroattacus edwardsii, Indian silk moth
Indian silk moth from India. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Cerura vinula, puss moth caterpillar
Side view photograph of a puss moth caterpillar. The caterpillars two tails can be seen which it holds in the air when disturbed by any predators

Attacus atlas, atlas moth
The underside view of an atlas moth painted by Pieter de Bevere. Illustration from the Loten Collection dated (1754-57) held at the Natural History Museum, London

Unpublished lepidoptera watercolour by Eleazar Albin
Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720. Species depicted have not yet been identified

Collecting moths at light
Dr Gaden Robinson collecting moths at light, Rampayoh R. valley, Brunei

Butterfly wing scale (part)

Scarce Swallowtail by John Curtis (1791 - 1862) from British Entomology

Purple Emperor by John Curtis (1791 - 1862) from British Entomology

Brimstone by John Curtis (1791 - 1862) from British Entomology

Display of lepidoptera, illustrating variation
A collection of moths and butterflies. Only the four in the bottom left corner are butterflies, the rest are unusually colourful moths

Colias hyale, pale clouded yellow butterfly
Mounted specimens of the pale clouded yellow butterfly, family Pieridae from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Papilio, white butterfly
Illustration of a white butterfly by John Abbot, Tab, 275, Volume 16 from the Abbot Collection held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Library

Moths of the family Saturniidae
Mounted specimens of the Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia Linnaeus) and the great peacock (Saturnia pyri) moths. Moths are nocturnal insects

Comma, Polygonia c-album
Mounted specimens from the collections of The Natural History Museum

Bia actorian, South American butterfly wing
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of the fore-wing of the South American butterfly (x 2500)

Lycaena dispar, large copper
Mounted specimens of the large copper butterflies from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Danaus plexippus, monarch caterpillar
The stripy caterpillar of the monarch butterfly feeding on a leaf. The monarch is the largest butterfly found in U.K but is not actually native

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

Moths of the family Notodontidae
Mounted specimens of the swallow prominent, coxcomb prominent, pale prominent, small chocolate-tip, figure of eight, pine processionary, and oak processionary moths

Butterflies of the family Pieridae
Mounted specimens of the brimstone, (Gonepteryx rhamni) and cleopatra, (Gonepteryx cleopatra) butterflies. Both these species have colour forms which vary from very pale yellow to a deep yellow-orange

Aporia crataegi, black-veined white butterfly
Two mounted specimens of the black-veined white butterfly from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

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