Watercolor 04: Zebra and spicebush swallowtail butterflies on purple cone-flower
This image depicts a Zebra swallowtail, Eurytides marcellus (Cramer) (left) and a Spicebush swallowtail, Papilio troilus (Linnaeus) (right), on Purple cone-flower, Echinaceae purpurea (Linnaeus).In 1838, English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse created a portfolio of watercolor miniatures for the insec...
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| Summary: | This image depicts a Zebra swallowtail, Eurytides marcellus (Cramer) (left) and a Spicebush swallowtail, Papilio troilus (Linnaeus) (right), on Purple cone-flower, Echinaceae purpurea (Linnaeus).In 1838, English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse created a portfolio of watercolor miniatures for the insects of Alabama he observed while visiting the state. Gosse was one of the 19th Century's foremost naturalists. He called his portfolio Entomologia Alabamensis, which was never formally published and is now held by the British Library. This image from the portfolio was made from a color transparency purchased from the British Library in 1993. |
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