Papilio Collection (page 3)

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. 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

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

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

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

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

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Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720

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Plate from an album of unpublished watercolours of Lepidoptera by Eleazar Albin, 1720

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

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

Papilio, butterflies
Illustration and text by John Abbot: No 38, 39 & 40 Papilio taken 5th March. Common it may be met with most parts of the summer and autumn, the caterpillar is rarely met with

Papilio sp. butterflies
Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite & other islands in the Indian, Southern & Pacific Oceans by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

Papilio sp. butterflies
Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite & other islands in the Indian, Southern & Pacific Oceans by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

Papilio epius
An illustrative plate from Insects of China by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

Papilio crino
An illustrative plate from Insects of China by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

Papilio laomedon
An illustrative plate from Insects of China by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

Papilio hippona, Papilio cyane & Papilio coenobita
Plate 35 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

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)

Papilio leucippe and Papilio danae
Plate 26 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

Papilio heliacon and Papilio idaeus, swallowtails
Plate 19, an illustration of a pair of swallowtail butterflies from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

Papilio ecclipsis, hoax butterfly species
This insect was uncovered as hoax by John Curtis. It is infact a European brimstone butterfly with patches carefully painted on its wings. Specimen from the Linnean Society photographed by the NHM

Papilio peranthus

Swallowtail butterfly, papilio kama
Wing detail

Papilio machaon, old world swallowtail
SEM image of a Papilio machaon wing

Papilio kama, swallowtail butterfly
A UV image of a swallowtail butterfly. The swallowtail is the U.Ks largest native butterfly, but it is now resticted to the Norfolk Broads

Papilio xuthus, swallowtail butterfly caterpillar
Photograph of the side view of head of a swallowtail butterfly caterpillar

Eurytides marcellus (Ajax), swallow tailed butterfly

Papilio Demadocus
PAPILIO DEMODOCUS the eye markings are a deterrent to predators. Date: mid 19th century ?

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