Two 18th Century fragmentary specimens of butterflies housed in the ANSP Archives provide a glimpse into a method of preservation of Lepidoptera evident in Europe in the 1740s, and may represent the oldest entomological specimens in the Americas.
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1 March 2013
Notes on 18th Century Lepidoptera specimens in the Archives of the Academy of Natural Sciences
Clare Flemming,
Jason D. Weintraub
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Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Vol. 162 • No. 1
March 2013
Vol. 162 • No. 1
March 2013
18th Century entomological specimens
antique mounts
Argynnis paphia
butterflies
insects
Lepidoptera
mica