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Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfl

A mounted specimen of Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly from Papua New Guinea. Male specimen measuring 188 mm across wingtips. See 14964 for the female which is larger. Date:

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

Alexandra, Animal, Animals, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Birdwing, Birdwing Butterfly, Blue, Brown, Butterflies, Butterfly, Gold, Golden, Green, Hexapod, Hexapoda, Insect, Insecta, Insects, Invertebrata, Invertebrate, Lepidoptera, Lepidopteran, Melanesia, One, Ornithoptera, Ornithoptera Alexandrae, Papilionidae, Papua New Guinea, Queen Alexandras Birdwing, Swallow Tailed Butterfly

Dicronorhina sp., rose chafer beetle

A rose chafer beetle from Africa from the family Scarabaeidae; Cetoniinae. Chafer beetles have a characteristic V-shape where their wings meet and are a member of the same family as dung beetles. Date:

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Animal, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Beetle, Cetoniidae, Cetoniinae, Chafer, Chafer Beetle, Coleoptera, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Dicronorhina, Entomological, Eudicot, Eurosid, Fabidae, Flower Beetle, Flower Chafer, Flower Scarab, Flowering Plant, Fruit Chafer, Green, Hexapod, Hexapoda, Insect, Insecta, Insects, Invertebrata, Invertebrate

Cirtus paradisi, grapefruit

Tab 65 from Histoire naturelle des Orangers 1818-1820 by Antoine Risso. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This illustration is entitled Pompelmouse chadec. Date:

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19th Century, Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Antoine, Antoine Risso, Aurantiaceae, Bitter, Botanical, Botany, Citrus, Citrus Paradisi, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Edible, Eudicot, Eurosid, Flowering Plant, Food, Fruit, Grapefruit, Histoire, Histoire Naturelle Des Orangers, Illustration, Juicy, Magnoliophyta, Malvidae, Nineteenth Century, Plant, Risso, Rosid, Rutaceae