Watercolor 03: Palamedes and tiger swallowtail butterflies on Bermuda grass
This image depicts swallowtail butterflies: Palamedes swallowtail, Papilio palamedes (Drury) (top) and Tiger swallowtail, Papilio glaucus (Drury) (bottom) resting on Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon (Linnaeus).In 1838, English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse created a portfolio of watercolor miniatures...
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| Summary: | This image depicts swallowtail butterflies: Palamedes swallowtail, Papilio palamedes (Drury) (top) and Tiger swallowtail, Papilio glaucus (Drury) (bottom) resting on Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon (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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