Butterfly Collection

Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly
A mounted specimen of Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly from Papua New Guinea. Male specimen measuring 188 mm across wingtips. See 14964 for the female which is larger

Giacomo Puccini (1858 -1924) Italian composer of operas. Poster for Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly) an opera in three acts, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa

Insects of Surinam
Plate 7 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)

Mountain Blue Swallowtail of Australia, Papilio ulysses

Butterfly illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, engraved by J Mulder, from a visit to Suriname, South America

Camberwell beauty - on honeysuckle
VG-231 Camberwell Beauty / Mourning Cloak Butterfly - on honeysuckle Nymphalis antiopa Paul Van Gaalen Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Insects of Surinam
Plate 9 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)

Two monarch butterflies rest for a moment in a garden of flowers. Px291
TOM-1055 Wanderer / MONARCH / Milkweed Butterflies - resting in garden of flowers

Butterfly illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, engraved by P Sluyter, from a visit to Suriname, South America

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) on a plant, sunbathing

British Butterflies - Various - including: Chalk Hill Blue Butterfly (male), Wood White Butterfly, Purple Hairstreak Butterfly (female), Purple Hairstreak Butterfly (at rest)

Sea green swallowtail butterfly
Sea green swallowtail (Papilio lorquinianus) butterfly. This butterfly is found in Indonesia, Sulawesi, Borneo, Java, Sumatra and in the Philippines

Red Admiral Butterfly-feeding upon Buddlia in garden. Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-1732 Red Admiral Butterfly - feeding upon Buddelia in garden. Lower Saxony, Germany

Consequences, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Consequences -- How the thoughtlessness of a butterfly seriously affected a bishops corn, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Red Admiral -Vanessa atalanta- in search of nectar on Common Boneset, Agueweed or Feverwort -Eupatorium-, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Phoebis sennae, cloudless sulphur butterfly
Photograph of a mounted specimen of cloudless sulphur. Male. Species occurs on the Galapagos Islands

Common blue butterflies (Polyommatus icarus) basking in the morning light, Vealand Farm, Devon, UK. July

Papillons - butterflies
Variety of butterflies and moths. Date: 1930

Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) with open wings

Illustration of butterflies and green caterpillars on plant and flower stems

Entomological specimens of Lepidoptera
Unidentified photograph of mounted specimens of butterflies and moths

Inachis io, peacock butterfly
Plate 23 from Illustrations of British butterflies and their larvae, with the plants on which they feed, by Theo Johnson, 1892

Morpho cypris, blue morpho butterfly
Butterfly from Central America. South America. Specimen on display at the Natural History Museum at Tring, part of the Natural History Museum, London

Monarch Butterfly
JZ-2729 Wanderer / MONARCH / Milkweed Butterfly USA Danaus plexippus Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Peacock Butterfly- 2 feeding on Buddleia plant blossom, Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-2025 Peacock Butterfly - 2 feeding on Buddleia plant blossom Lower Saxony

The Blue Butterfly by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl and her dog walk by the sea. Date: 1953

Angel with halo and butterfly wings playing harp

The Butterfly by Barribal
Gorgeous and sumptuous illustration by William Barribal featuring a woman dressed as a butterfly. Date: 1914

Butterflies and flowers on a palette-shaped Christmas card
Butterflies and flowers with a snow scene on a palette-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Painted lady butterfly C016 / 2299
Painted lady (Vanessa cardui) butterfly. This butterfly is found in Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia. Specimen obtained from the University of Valencia, Spain

H. W. Bates illustrated notebooks
Plate 7 from a notebook of Henry W. Bates (1825-92) relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854

Sky writing - Happy Birthday - written in the clouds - with Butterflies
A-016-m Sky writing - Happy Birthday - written in the clouds - with Butterflies Digital Manipulated image Ardea London contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Wanderer / Monarch / Milkweed Butterfly - caterpillar
LB-3393 Wanderer / Monarch / Milkweed Butterfly - caterpillar Danaus plexippus Ian Beames Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Monarch / Wanderer / Milkweed Butterfly
FG-4751 Wanderer / Monarch / Milkweed Butterfly Overwintering, after migration

Peacock BUTTERFLY
ME-673 Peacock BUTTERFLY Inachis io Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

CLY02021
AUS-243 Wanderer / MONARCH / Milkweed Butterfly - female, on Sunflower (Helianthus sp.) Sydney, New South Wales

BUTTERFLY WING - close-up of wing
PPG-20 BUTTERFLY WING - close-up of wing, Cethosia Pascal Goetgheluck Please note that prints are personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Madame Butterfly Poster

Curtis British Entomology Plate 304
Lepidoptera: Paucalia woodiella = Euclemensia woodiella (Manchester Tinea) [Plant: Cephalanthera damosonium (Epipactis grandiflora L. or E. pallens Swartz, White Epipactis)] Date: 1824-39

Butterflies, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Butterflies, 19th century. Top Left: Wall Butterfly, Underside. Top right: Hedge Brown. Top centre: Speckled Wood, Underside. Middle left: Speckled Wood. Middle right: Ringlet

Red admiral butterfly, Vanessa atalanta.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792

Blue Crow Butterfly, Euphoea mulciber subvisaya

Pharmacophagus antenor, giant swallowtail
Giant swallowtail butterfly and the common rose (Pachliopta aristolochiae). Plate 15 from Insects of India by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

Butterflies from the Amazon by H. W. Bates
A page (p 144) from a notebook of Henry W. Bates relating to the insect fauna of the Amazon Valley or DRW, 1851-1854

Painted lady butterfly life cycle F007 / 6614
Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) life cycle

Entomological specimens of Lepidoptera
Unidentified photograph of mounted specimens of butterflies and moths

Caprimulgus vociferus, whip-poor-will
Plate 82 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Camberwell Beauty - resting on bramble 005780
BB-1533 Camberwell Beauty / Mourning Cloak Butterfly - resting on bramble Nymphalis antiopa Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

El Segundo Blue Butterfly
MOP-70 El Segundo Blue Butterfly Euphilotes battoides allyni B Moose Peterson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Two-tailed Pasha / Foxy Charaxes
PPG-1620 Twin-tailed / Two-tailed Pasha / Foxy Charaxes Charaxes jasius Pascal Goetgheluck Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Ornithoptera alexandrae, Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfl
Digital image of the upperside of a mounted specimen of a Queen Alexandras birdwing butterfly from the family Papilionidae

Swallowtail - on flower wings closed 005765
BB-1515 Swallowtail - on flower wings closed Papilio machaon Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Orange-tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines), male on Cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis). Brackagh Moss National Nature Reserve, Portadown, County Armagh, Republic of Ireland. May

Beautiful Orange Monarch Butterfly
Beautiful orange, yellow, and black vector Monarch Butterfly

Little girl with butterfly by Muriel Dawson
A little girl finds that a butterfly has landed on her posy of flowers, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1940s

Cabbage White Butterflies Date: 1868

Still Life with Fruit, 1700-1749. Creator: Jan van Huysum
Still Life with Fruit, 1700-1749

RF - Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo) nectaring on flower. North Tyrol, Austria. June. Focus stacked image. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Cairns birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera euphorion) male resting on leaf. Kuranda Butterfly Sanctuary, Queensland, Australia. Captive

Insects, c1910. Creator: Unknown
Insects, c1910. Insects, invertebrates with exoskeletons, are the most diverse group of animals, over 90% of all animal life forms on Earth are insects

Small pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene) butterfly on oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Marsland mouth, North Devon, UK. May 2017

European swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon gorganus) on flower, Mercantour National Park, Provence, France, June

Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia) roosting on larval foodplant Ribwort plantain (Plantago lanceolata), UK - Captive - Focus Stacked Image

Small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly (Boloria selene), Marsland mouth, Cornwall, UK. JUne 2016

Large Blue Butterflies Date: 1868

Illustration of life cycle of Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon) from pupa and caterpillar, to adult butterfly

Caterpillar, Elephant Hawk-moth -Deilephila elpenor-, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

Holly Blue Butterfly - Spain
DAC-883 Holly Blue Butterfly Spain Celastrina argiolus David Chapman Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Morpho rhetenor, blue morpho butterfly
Illustrative plate of a blue morpho butterfly from Insects of China by Edward Donovan (1768-1837)

Inachis io, peacock butterfly
Plate 23 from Illustrations of British Butterflies and their Larvae (1892) by Theo Johnson. Cropped image of illustration

Vase of Flowers, c. 1660. Creator: Jan Davidsz de Heem
Vase of Flowers, c. 1660

Moth orchid phalaenopsis and monarch butterfly

Meadow Brown Butterfly (Maniola jurtina) feeding from Scabious flower (Scabiosa) North Downs, Surrey, England, UK, August

Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) feeding on Wild garlic / Ramsons (Allium ursinum) at Strawberry Banks, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT), Nature Reserve, Gloucestershire, UK. May

Peacock Butterflies Date: 1868

Scene from the opera, Madame Butterfly, by Giacomo Puccini: Cio Cio Sans uncle, the Bonze, interrupts her marriage ceremony to Lieutenant Colonel F. B

Black Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio polyxenes

Glasswinged butterfly -Greta oto- on a blue flower, Mainau island, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Discover the enchanting world of butterflies 🦋✨" Immerse yourself in the captivating beauty of Ornithoptera alexandrae, also known as Queen Alexandra's birdwing butterfly. Its vibrant colors and graceful flight will leave you mesmerized. Take a moment to admire the Camberwell beauty butterfly delicately perched on a honeysuckle flower. The contrast between its dark wings and the sweet fragrance of the blossom creates a truly magical scene. Giacomo Puccini, an Italian composer renowned for his operas, found inspiration in these delicate creatures. His masterpiece "Madama Butterfly" captures both their fragility and resilience. Let this poster transport you into a world filled with passion and emotion. Explore Surinam's diverse insect population, where butterflies reign supreme. Their intricate patterns and vivid hues make them true works of art in nature's gallery. Maria Sibylla Merian, an influential illustrator from centuries past, dedicated her talent to capturing the essence of butterflies through her stunning artwork. Her illustrations are timeless treasures that continue to inspire awe today. Witness a Red Admiral butterfly basking under the warm sun on a plant—a serene moment frozen in time. It reminds us to pause and appreciate life's simple pleasures amidst our busy lives. Join two monarch butterflies as they find respite among blooming flowers in a picturesque garden. Their presence adds grace and elegance to any natural setting—an exquisite sight worth cherishing. Delve into British Butterflies' vast collection showcasing various species fluttering across meadows and woodlands—each one contributing its unique charm to our rich ecosystem. William Heath Robinson's illustration titled "Consequences" depicts how even small actions can have significant consequences—a reminder that we should cherish every living creature like these fragile beauties who rely on our care for survival. In Vealand Farm at dawn, witness common blue butterflies basking in gentle morning light—their delicate wings shimmering with a touch of ethereal blue.