Hipparchia butterflies and Satyrus Butterflies antique print c1897.

by W.F. Kirby

Antique lithograph of Hipparchia and Satyrus Butterflies, c1897.

Upperside and undersides of Hipparchia semele male & female, and male and female Satyrus megaera butterflies. The coloured butterflies stand out beautifully against the uncoloured habitat background.

Delightful chromolithograph printed by Wyman & Sons Ltd for A Handbook to the Order Lepidoptera by W.F. Kirby, Assistant in the Zoological Department of the British Museum. Published in London between 1894 and 1897.

Paper size is 18 x 12cm (7 x 4.5 inches).