Lepidopteran Collection (page 4)

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

Glaucopsyche lydamus, xerces blue
The xerces blue (Glaucopsyche lydamus) survives in a series of subspecies. The xerces blue is one of them. Underside of butterfly shown here

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

Sabatinca perveta, moth
Shown here is a moth belonging to the living pollen-feeding family Micropterygidae, preserved in Burmese amber of Late Cretaceous age

Pegasus draconis, sea moth
Specimen jar containing sea moths (Pegasus draconis), held in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London

Kim Goodger with butterfly specimen
Kim Goodger a curator at The Natural History Museum, London. The specimen featured is a Papilio sp

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

Danaus melanippus taimanu from Sumba Island (Indonesia), male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Papilio, black streaked little yellow butterfly
Illustration of a black streaked little yellow butterfly by John Abbot, Tab 241, Volume 16 from the Abbot Collection held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Library

Papilio, clouded yellow butterfly

Papilio, red butterfly
Illustration of a red butterfly by John Abbot, Tab 306, Volume 16 from the Abbot Collection held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Library

No. 44 Papilio, Vol. 6 plate 62, Abbot J
Illustration and caption by John Abbot (1751-1840). Caption reads: Taken 14th March it is a female of No. 179 & 180, see next page and it is much more rare than the male

Parantica dabrerai from Sulawezi, male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Numonia pirivorella
A species of moth from the family Pyralidae native to Asia, especially Russia and Japan

No. 179 & 180 Palilio Erebus
Illustration and caption by John Abbot (1751-1840). Caption reads: Taken from 21st March in Pine Woods, very rare, it flies swift, the female has a broader border of black, this is the male of No

Variety of eight butterflies
1. Abraxas grossulariata 2. Ditto var. lacticolor 3. The var. doubledayaria of 4. Amphidasys betularia. 5. Dark var. of 6. Hemerophila abruptaria. 7. & 8. Male and female var. sordiata of 9. & 10

Danaus melanippus haruhasa from the Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesia), male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Papilio, little brown butterfly
Illustration of a little brown butterfly by John Abbot, Tab 277, Volume 16 from the Abbot Collection held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Library

Chilecomadia valdiviana
A species of moth from the family Cossidae native to South America, especially Chile and Argentina

Papilio eubule, brimstone butterfly
Illustration of a brimstone butterfly by John Abbot, Tab 211, Volume 16 from the Abbot Collection held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Library

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

Plate 104 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
Plate 104 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Papilio telamon and Papilio agamemnon, butterflies
An illustration of Chinese butterflies. Plate 26 from Insects of China 1798 by E. Donovan

Poanes, broad grafs skipper butterfly
Illustration of a broad grafs skipper butterfly by John Abbot, Tab 307, Volume 16 from the Abbot Collection held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Library

Papilio, little yellow butterfly
Illustration of a little yellow butterfly by John Abbot, Tab 240, Volume 16 from the Abbot Collection held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Library

Varanus salvator, water monitor
Photograph of a mounted water monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) specimen from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London

Ideopsis juventa tawaya from Sulawezi, male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Danaus ismare alba from Sulawezi (Indonesia), male, upper side. A butterfly specimen held in the Natural History Museums Entomology Collections

Plate 100 from the John Reeves Collection (Zoology)
Plate 100 from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China 1774-1856

Cyaniris semiargus, mazarine blue
Plate 42 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed (1892) by Theo Johnson

Anthocharis cardamines, orange tip
Plate 10 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed, by Theo Johnson, 1892

Lysandra coridon, chalk-hill blue
From Illustrations of British Butterflies: with occasional figures of the larva, pupa, and food-plant (1878) by Theo Johnson

Camellia with butterflies
Plate 21 (mounted plates) from the John Reeves Collection of Entomological drawings from Canton, China

Cynthia cardui, painted lady
Plate 21 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed, by Theo Johnson, 1892

Colias hyale, pale clouded yellow
Plate 4 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed, by Theo Johnson, 1892

Rose with butterfly and dragonfly
Plate 13 (mounted plates) from the John Reeves Collection of Entomological drawings from Canton, China

Wallaces butterflies
Display box of butterflies collected by Alfred Russel Wallace during his expedition in the Malay Archipelago

Salamis augustina vinsoni, Mauritaian mother of pearl butter
The last specimen of the Mauritaian mother of pearl butterfly ever seen, collected in 1757. Now considered to be extinct

lantern bug
The strange looking species of lantern bug, Sri Lanka

Plaucopsyche lygdamus, xerces blue
A subspecies of Glaucopsyche lygdamus, now thought to be extinct. The most famous of all extinct butterflies is the xerces blue - it was native to the costal part of California

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)

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