Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.19231

    Geometer moths

    Date
    1886
    Creator
    Maud Horman Fisher (1861 - 1904, British) , Lithographer
    Creator - Organisation
    Mintern Bros, Lithographer
    Object type
    Library reference
    50426
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 320mm
    width (print): 245mm
    Subject
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > insect
    Description
    9 entomological studies of different species of Geometridae (geometer) moths.

    1,2. Studies of Sarcinodes restitutaria Walker of the Geometridae family, found in Darjeeling India.
    3, 4. Studies of Sarcinodies var. aegrota Butler of the Geometridae family, found in Darjeeling India.
    5,6. Studies of Sarconodes aequilmearia Walker of the Geometridae family, found in Sylhet, Bangladesh and Darjeeling India.
    7. Study of Biston contectaria Walker here styled Amphidasys contectaria of the Geometridae family, found in Darjeeling India.
    8. Study of Chorodna metaphaearia Walker of the Geometridae family, found in Darjeeling India.
    9. Study of Chorodna erebusaria Walker of the Geometridae family, found in Darjeeling India.

    Inscribed ‘LEP HET Pl. CXV. M. Horman-Fisher del et. lith del et lith. Mintern Bros. imp. 1,2. Sarcinodes restitutaria 3, 4. Id. var _ aegrota 5,6. Sarconodes aequilmearia 7. Amphidasys contectaria 8. Chorodna metaphaearia 9. Chorodna erebusaria.’

    Plate 115 to Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum, part VI, by Arthur Gardiner Butler (1886, London).

    Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844-1925) British entomologist was assistant-keep in zoology and assistant-librarian to the British Museum.
    Associated place
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       > Asia
          > India
    <The World>
       > Asia
          > Bangladesh
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