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19th century Lepidoptera prints,

Based on the work of Arthur Gardiner Butler,

19th century Lepidoptera prints,

Based on the work of Arthur Gardiner Butler,

Lithographs published c1875. Framed in natural beech.

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Dimensions: 29.5cm (11½") High, 23cm (9") Wide, 3
Stock code: P01193 53
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Arthur Gardiner Butler was an English entomologist and ornithologist who worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects and spiders. Butler published a number of works on lepidoptery, including Tropical Butterflies and Moths (1873), Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of New Zealand (1874) and The Butterflies of Malacca (1879), as well as two catalogues of the lepidoptera collections of the British Museum, from which he retired in 1901 due to ill health. Butler was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, the Linnean Society of London and the Zoological Society of London.

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