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A flowering branch of medlar (Mespilus germanica) with butterfly, chrysalis and caterpillar of a Papilio species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1816.

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) flower and fruit with a purple-eyed butterfly (Papilio sp.). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1768.

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A flowering branch of medlar (Mespilus germanica) with butterfly, chrysalis and caterpillar of a Papilio species. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, c. 1816.

Mango (Mangifera indica L.) flower and fruit with a purple-eyed butterfly (Papilio sp.). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1768.