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  • Species of butterflies. Coloured etching by J. Pass, 1821.
  • Six butterflies, including a swallowtail, fritillary and northern brown. Coloured lithograph.
  • Two butterflies, one possibly a red admiral. Stipple engraving with etching.
  • Six different animals, including a bird, a snake, butterflies and a rodent. Coloured etching.
  • Insects: classified varieties and stages of development, including larvae, beetles and butterflies. Coloured lithograph, 1875 (?).
  • Above, two butterflies; below, a small double-headed snake from Barbabos. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.
  • Seven insects of the order Lepidoptera, with four scale-covered wings, including butterflies and moths. Line engraving by Milton, 1806.
  • A daffodil (Narcissus species) and tulip (Tulipa species): flowering stems with two butterflies. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • A daffodil (Narcissus species) and tulip (Tulipa species): flowering stems with two butterflies. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Five butterflies and moths, including the atlas moth (Attacus atlas) and orange-tip (Anthocharis sp.). Coloured lithograph by J. Delarue after himself.
  • A bee, five butterflies (including a pale clouded yellow), six moths and two crane flies with details of antennae. Coloured etching, ca. 1834.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant with leaves resembling a butterfly, and (below) two butterflies. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • Above, a bird, a Cretan sheep and two African sheep, an insect and a mollusc; below, three butterflies, a bird of paradise and a titmouse. Engraving by Heath.
  • The heads and shoulders of five women wearing their hair dressed with flowers, butterflies, feathers, jewellery and a hat; two bodices with embroidery and four collars. Coloured line block, 1863, by Thiery (?).
  • Abelia x grandiflora R.Br. Caprifoliaceae. Distribution (A. chinensis R.Br. × A. uniflora R.Br.). Mexico, Himalayas to Eastern Asia. Ornamental flowering shrub. The name celebrates the short life of Dr Clarke Abel FRS (1789-1826), one of the first European botanists to collect in China, which he did when attached as physician to the Canton embassy in 1816-17. It has no medicinal uses but is a popular ornamental shrub in the honeysuckle family because it attracts butterflies and has a long flowering period. From June to October it produces a profusion of small, fragrant, pink-flushed, white flowers on long, arching branches. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio)
  • Butterfly wing scales
  • Scales from butterfly wing
  • A butterfly. Coloured lithograph.
  • Cabbage white butterfly eggs, SEM
  • Cabbage white butterfly eggs, SEM
  • Cabbage white butterfly eggs, SEM.
  • Cabbage white butterfly eggs, SEM.
  • A large butterfly. Stipple engraving with etching.
  • Cabbage white butterfly egg, close-up, SEM.
  • Cabbage white butterfly egg, very close-up
  • Cabbage white butterfly egg,v.close-up, SEM.
  • Plate 25, Illus. of cycle from catepillar to butterfly
  • Poor man's orchid or butterfly flower (Schizanthus pinnatus): flowering stem. Coloured engraving, 1833.
  • A white admiral (?) butterfly. Gouache painting on mica by an Indian artist.