Glassy tiger butterfly
Date
1880-1881
Creator
Frederic C Moore (British) , Artist
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Dimensions
height (print): 290mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
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Description
Entomological studies of a butterfly and a caterpillar.
Figures 1 and 2 are male and female male Ideopsis vulgaris, or blue glassy tiger butterflies, referred to here as a Radena exprompta. Their uppersides are blackish-brown. The male's forewing is black, spotted with pale blue, while the female's is spotted with a whitish-brown.
Figure 2a depicts the larval stage of the glassy tiger. It is purple, with yellow and white spots. Shown side on, the caterpillar appears to be crawling along a branch. The pupa, hanging below, is pale green.
Plate 2 from The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, by Frederic Moore, vol. 1 (1880-1881). Frederic Moore (1830-1907) British entomologist was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. Moore's son, Frederic C Moore, illustrated this volume.
Inscribed below: ‘F.C. Moore del el Lith L. Reeve & Co. London Vincent Brooks Day & Son Imp’
Figures 1 and 2 are male and female male Ideopsis vulgaris, or blue glassy tiger butterflies, referred to here as a Radena exprompta. Their uppersides are blackish-brown. The male's forewing is black, spotted with pale blue, while the female's is spotted with a whitish-brown.
Figure 2a depicts the larval stage of the glassy tiger. It is purple, with yellow and white spots. Shown side on, the caterpillar appears to be crawling along a branch. The pupa, hanging below, is pale green.
Plate 2 from The Lepidoptera of Ceylon, by Frederic Moore, vol. 1 (1880-1881). Frederic Moore (1830-1907) British entomologist was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. Moore's son, Frederic C Moore, illustrated this volume.
Inscribed below: ‘F.C. Moore del el Lith L. Reeve & Co. London Vincent Brooks Day & Son Imp’
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