Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10208
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‘Banksian hipparchia’ [Banks’s brown butterfly]
Date
1814
Creator
Richard Polydore Nodder (1763, British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
48597
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 140mm
width (print): 140mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Entomological studies of Banks's brown butterfly, Heteronympha banksii, an insect native to Australia. Views from above and below.
Plate 10 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The author describes the insect within the text: “Inhabits New Holland. I have named this elegant species, which is preserved in Mr Macleay’s cabinet, after that munificent patron of science, the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks...”
The plate is inscribed: “Drawn Engraved & Published by Rd. P. Nodder Feby 1814.”
William Elford Leach (1790-1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
Plate 10 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). The author describes the insect within the text: “Inhabits New Holland. I have named this elegant species, which is preserved in Mr Macleay’s cabinet, after that munificent patron of science, the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks...”
The plate is inscribed: “Drawn Engraved & Published by Rd. P. Nodder Feby 1814.”
William Elford Leach (1790-1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
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