Watercolor 07: Variegated and gulf fritillary butterflies

This image depicts two species of butterflies: a Variegated fritillary, Euptoieta claudia (Cramer) (left); and a Gulf fritillary, Agraulia vanillae (Linnaeus) (right).In 1838, English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse created a portfolio of watercolor miniatures for the insects of Alabama he observed wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888
Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/gosse,32
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Summary:This image depicts two species of butterflies: a Variegated fritillary, Euptoieta claudia (Cramer) (left); and a Gulf fritillary, Agraulia vanillae (Linnaeus) (right).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.