Pretty colourful Nymph Butterflies with eyes. Nimphes a yeux

Reproduction from a hand-coloured copperplate engraving by Benard for a series on Insects for Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trios regnes de la nature, the largest encyclopedia of the enlightenment period, which covered all aspects of the natural world, and was published in Paris by Panckouke, between 1791 and 1823.

Size of image is 30cm x 20cm (12 x 8 inches).