EditorialLarge tortoiseshell butterfly, Nymphalis polychloros, on a cherry tree, Prunus avium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Description...
EditorialLarge tortoiseshell, Nymphalis polychloros 1, small tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae 2, and comma butterfly, Polygonia c-album 3, with poppy. Vanesse grande tortue, Vanesse petite tortue, Vanesse gamma. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste de...
EditorialLarge magpie moth, Abraxas grossulariata, and Camberwell Beauty butterfly or grand surprise, Nymphalis antiopa. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Moses Harris from "The Aurelian; a Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies," new e...
EditorialLarge tortoiseshell, Nymphalis polychloros 1, small tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae 2, and comma butterfly, Polygonia c-album 3, with poppy. Vanesse grande tortue, Vanesse petite tortue, Vanesse gamma. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste de...
EditorialLarge tortoiseshell butterfly, Nymphalis polychloros, on a cherry tree, Prunus avium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Description...
EditorialNymphalis, Print, Nymphalis, commonly known as the tortoiseshells or anglewing butterflies, is a genus of brush-footed butterflies. The genera Aglais, Inachis, Polygonia and Kaniska, were sometimes included as subgenera of Nymphalis but they are by som...
EditorialPlain tawny rajah butterfly, Charaxes psaphon (Nymphalis bernardus) on a camellia. Copied from Edward Donovan's An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China, 1800. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmann's Book of the World, Stuttgart, ...
EditorialCamberwell beauty, Nymphalis antiopa, peacock butterfly, Aglais io, and red admiral, Vanessa atalanta. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European B...
EditorialPainted lady, Vanessa cardui, false comma, Nymphalis vaualbum, and comma butterfly variety, Polygonia c-album. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of Eu...
EditorialLarge tortoiseshell, Nymphalis polychloros, small tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae, and comma butterfly, Polygonia c-album. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural His...
EditorialLarge tortoiseshell butterfly, Nymphalis polychloros, on a cherry tree, Prunus avium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l'Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van veele Insekten (Accurate Description...
EditorialGreat eggfly or blue moon butterfly, Hypolimnas bolina, female Nymphalis jacintha 1,2, and perseis mimic forester, Euphaedra perseis Nymphalis perseis 3,4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustrations of Exo...
EditorialShining red charaxes, Charaxes zingha, Nymphalis Charaxes berenice, upper side 1, under side 2, and Biblis ariadne? butterfly 3,4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustrations of Exotic Entomology," Bohn, Lo...
EditorialBlue diadem butterfly, Hypolimnas salmacis (Nymphalis salmacis) 1,2, ventral and dorsal, and redbase jezebel, Delias pasithoe (Pieris pasithoe) 3,4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustrations of Exotic Ent...
EditorialTiger leafwing, Consul fabius Nymphalis hippona, upper side 1, under side 2, orsis bluewing, Myscelia orsis Nymphalis orsis male 3, and Ceretes thais moth, Castnia thais 4. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Ill...
EditorialGarden acraea butterfly, Acraea horta upper side 1, under side 2, common bematistes, Bematistes epaea A. gea male 3,4, and western incipient false acraea, Pseudacraea hostilia, Nymphalis hostilia 5,6. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new...
EditorialWestern blue-banded forester, Euphaedra eupalus (Nymphalis erithonius) 1,2, and African giant skipper, Pyrrhochalcia iphis (Hesperia iphis) 3,4, ventral and dorsal. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustratio...
EditorialScarce forest emperor or savannah charaxes, Charaxes etesipe Nymphalis (Charaxes) etesipe, upper side and under side. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustrations of Exotic Entomology," Bohn, London, 1837.
EditorialKarkloof emperor or pearl emperor butterfly, Charaxes varanes Nymphalis varanes, upper side 1, under side 2. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustrations of Exotic Entomology," Bohn, London, 1837.
EditorialGreat Camberwell or mourning cloak butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa, caterpillar and pupa. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany,"...
EditorialLarge magpie moth, Abraxas grossulariata, and Camberwell Beauty butterfly or grand surprise, Nymphalis antiopa. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Moses Harris from "The Aurelian; a Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies," new e...