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  • A young female role actor performing a butterfly dance. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • A yellow, black and red butterfly. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A yellow butterfly with two 'eyes'. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A green and orange spotted butterfly. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A red, blue and black butterfly. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • Five different types of butterfly flower (Schizanthus species): flowering stems and leaves. Coloured lithograph.
  • A purple, yellow, red and green butterfly. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • A pink, brown and green spotted butterfly. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • Calamint plant (Calamintha species) with an associated butterfly and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A butterfly, a moth and a caterpillar in a meadow. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.
  • Sir Joseph Banks chasing the butterfly called the Emperor of Morocco. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, 1788.
  • A lily (Lilium album): flowering stem with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis): flowering plant with butterfly and beetle. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A daffodil (Narcissus species): flowering stem with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Two bellflowers (Campanula species): flowering stems with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Wood sorrel flower (Oxalis acetosella) with an associated butterfly and its abdominal segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • Pollinia (clumps of pollen) of the butterfly habenaria orchid (Habenaria bifolia) on a single stamen. Watercolour, 1892.
  • A butterfly orchid (Oncidium barkerii): flowering plant. Coloured lithograph by G. Severeyns, c. 1869, after J. Vandamme.
  • Six insects and two spiders, including a cicada adult and nymph, a butterfly and two gnats. Gouache painting.
  • An auricula plant (Primula auricula): flowering stem with a butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Butterfly tree or camel's foot (Bauhinia diphylla): flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by Mackenzie, c.1795.
  • A lily (Lilium persicum): flowering stem with butterfly, moth and beetle. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Three daffodils (Narcissus species): flowering stems with a butterfly and beetle. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A cabbage plant (Brassica oleracea) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • A mint plant (Mentha species) with an associated moth or butterfly and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1830.
  • A hawthorn twig (Crataegus species) with an associated butterfly, its caterpillar, chrysalis and anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
  • Seven different types of insects including the bee, the butterfly and the dragonfly. Coloured etching by J. Pass, 1804.
  • A pink, yellow, white and blue butterfly hovering near a flower. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.
  • Peach (Prunus persica) and nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting branches and butterfly. Coloured etching, c. 1797, after J. Ihle.
  • An anemone (Anemone species) and lily (Lilium species): flowering stems with butterfly. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.