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
Info+
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Date
1719
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT19B30_057
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
46,4Mb (2,5Mb) / 10,9in x 16,5in / 3280 x 4949 (300dpi)