Branch of a pomegranate tree, Punica granatum, with blue morpho butterfly, Morpho menelaus, and larva of banded sphinx Eumorpha
Title

Branch of a pomegranate tree, Punica granatum, with blue morpho butterfly, Morpho menelaus, and larva of banded sphinx Eumorpha

Caption

Branch of a pomegranate tree (Punica granatum) with blue morpho butterfly (Morpho menelaus) and larva of banded sphinx (Eumorpha fasciata), Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten, Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, Mulder, Joseph, b. 1659 or 60, Transfer engraving, hand-colored, 1719, From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Insects of Suriname), Dutch edition. Butterfly: Morpho menelaus (Linnaeus), female, named Papilio nestor by Linnaeus. Morphidae

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The J. Paul Getty Museum

Date

1719

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT19B30_057

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

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Rights managed

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