Butterfly wing scales

Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio)

Scales from butterfly wing

A butterfly. Coloured lithograph.

Cabbage white butterfly eggs, SEM

Cabbage white butterfly eggs, SEM.

Cabbage white butterfly egg, close-up, SEM.

Cabbage white butterfly egg, very close-up

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"Butterfly itch" (Schmetterlings-Juckreiz) : ein gesundheitliches Problem auch in der Seefahrt / P. Vuksanovic, H.-U. Burchard.

Butterfly tree or camel's foot (Bauhinia diphylla): flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by Mackenzie, c.1795.

Butterfly iris (Moraea sp.): entire flowering plant with separate fruiting stem and sections of leaf and bulb. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Butterfly-hunting in many lands : notes of a field naturalist / by George B. Lonstaff ; to which are added translations of papers by Fritz Müller on the scent-organs of butterflies and moths ; with a note by E.B. Poulton.

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Butterfly wing scales

"Butterfly itch" (Schmetterlings-Juckreiz) : ein gesundheitliches Problem auch in der Seefahrt / P. Vuksanovic, H.-U. Burchard.

Butterfly tree or camel's foot (Bauhinia diphylla): flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by Mackenzie, c.1795.

Butterfly iris (Moraea sp.): entire flowering plant with separate fruiting stem and sections of leaf and bulb. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Butterfly-hunting in many lands : notes of a field naturalist / by George B. Lonstaff ; to which are added translations of papers by Fritz Müller on the scent-organs of butterflies and moths ; with a note by E.B. Poulton.

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Stories

What the wind can bring

Mistakes and perfect medicine

Lovesickness and ‘The Love Thief’

Why the world needs collectors

Images

Catalogue

Butterfly wing scales

"Butterfly itch" (Schmetterlings-Juckreiz) : ein gesundheitliches Problem auch in der Seefahrt / P. Vuksanovic, H.-U. Burchard.

Butterfly tree or camel's foot (Bauhinia diphylla): flowering stem with floral segments. Line engraving by Mackenzie, c.1795.

Butterfly iris (Moraea sp.): entire flowering plant with separate fruiting stem and sections of leaf and bulb. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Butterfly-hunting in many lands : notes of a field naturalist / by George B. Lonstaff ; to which are added translations of papers by Fritz Müller on the scent-organs of butterflies and moths ; with a note by E.B. Poulton.