Watercolor 12: American lady butterfly on evening primrose
This image depicts two butterflies. The one resting on the evening primrose, Oenothera grandiflora (Linnaeus), is an American lady, Vanessa virginiensis (Drury).In 1838, English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse created a portfolio of watercolor miniatures for the insects of Alabama he observed while vi...
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