Notes on 18th Century Lepidoptera specimens in the Archives of the Academy of Natural Sciences

Clare Flemming; Jason D. Weintraub

doi:10.1635/053.162.0112

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Clare Flemming,¹ Jason D. Weintraub²

¹Academy Library & Archives, The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. E-mail: flemming@ansp.org
²Department of Entomology, The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. E-mail: weintraub@ansp.org

Abstract

Two 18^th 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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Clare Flemming and Jason D. Weintraub "Notes on 18^th Century Lepidoptera specimens in the Archives of the Academy of Natural Sciences," Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 162(1), 187-193, (1 March 2013). https://doi.org/10.1635/053.162.0112

Published: 1 March 2013

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