Butterflies Collection (#100)

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butterfly, Red-spotted Metalmark / Martia Metalmark, Rio Claro Reserve, Reserva Natural Canon del Rio Claro, Antioquia, Colombia butterfly, Red-spotted Metalmark / Martia Metalmark

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Yellow Butterfly Date:

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Lansdorf's Crescent / False Erato, mimic of Heliconius erato, Superagui National Park, Atlantic Forest, Parana, Brazil Lansdorf's Crescent / False Erato, mimic of Heliconius erato

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Banded White Ringlet / White Satyr, butterfly, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia Date:

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Butterfly Date:

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Large skipper - male - resting on bramble leaf - Lincolnshire Date:

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Southern white admiral - underside - France Date:

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Silver-washed fritillary - feeding on buddllea - France Date:

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Chalkhill blue - underside on seed head - Barnack Hills and Holes NNR - Northamptonshire. Date:

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Whie-letter hairstreak - Underside - on pink flower - Lincolnshire Date:

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Adonis blue - male - wings open - resting on leaves - Dorset Date:

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Dingy skipper - resting on ground - Dorset Date:

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Adonis blue - pair mating- Dorset Date:

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Adonis Blue- pair mating - on seed head - Dorset Date:

Cinderella Flyer, starring Minnie Palmer
Cinderella. Late nineteenth century flyer in the shape of a butterfly. It is not clear which Her Majestys Theatre is meant, but printed in Glasgow (Mackenzie and Co. 83 Renfield Street. Glasgow)

Christmas Greetings postcard with Tortoiseshell butterfly amid the pink Pelagonias. Date: circa 1908

Summertime Scene - A family in the fields in Rural Germany Date: circa 1930s

Christmas Eve by Freiwirth
Christmas Eve, Not from a stained glass window, by Freiwirth. 1926

Little girl waking up on Christmas morning, with toys, butterflies, mistletoe, holly and a white dove. Date: circa 1890s

New Year card in the shape of a badminton racquet with shuttlecock and butterfly. Date: circa 1890s

Christmas card in the shape of a badminton racquet with shuttlecock and butterfly. Date: circa 1890s

New Year card with butterflies and flowers. Date: circa 1890s

Birthday card with birds and butterflies. Date: circa 1890s

Assorted images on 33 Victorian scraps, including butterflies, flowers and cupids. Date: circa 1890s

Colourful butterflies on two Victorian scraps. Date: circa 1890s

Cherub playing a harp on a greetings postcard
Cherub playing a harp with butterflies circling round on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Fairy riding a butterfly on a movable Valentine card. Date: early 20th century

Watching butterflies
Decorative Art Nouveau style illustration depicting two young girls watching butterflies. Date: circa 1908

Two beetles and a butterfly on a Christmas card
Two green beetles and a red admiral butterfly on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Three insects and a snail on a Christmas card, progressing slowly along a country road. Date: circa 1890s

Pink and white flowers with butterfly on a New Year card
Pink and white flowers with a cabbage white butterfly on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

21st Birthday Card by Anne Rochester. 20th century

Blue flowers on a hand-coloured Christmas card
Blue flowers and brown butterflies on a hand-coloured Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Bird and butterfly on a greetings card, with green and brown leaves. Date: circa 1890s

Cherub riding a swan on a greetings card
Cherub with lyre riding a swan on a greetings card with an ornate floral border. circa 1890s

Autumn leaf and butterfly on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Red lilies and butterfly on a Christmas card
Red lilies and a butterfly on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Floral fan on a Christmas and New Year card
A pretty fan on a Christmas and New Year card, decorated with flowers, butterfly and a pink tassel. Date: circa 1890s

Fairy watching a butterfly on a greetings card
Fairy on a lily leaf, watching a butterfly on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Erasmus / Ornate / Circle
DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Dutch humanist Date: 1466 - 1536

Flowers and butterfly on a greetings card
Flowers and a butterfly on a greetings card with pink and gold decorative surround. Date: circa 1890s

New Year greetings card with children and moon
New Year greetings card (inside pages) with children, crescent moon and a moral verse. (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Cherub playing pipe on a floral greetings card
Cherub playing a pipe on a floral greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Sally by Guy Bolton
Promotional postcard for Sally by Guy Bolton; music Jerome Kern. (New Amsterdam Theatre, New York, 21st December 1920). First produced in England Winter Garden Theatre

Butterflies, water and reeds on a Christmas card
Butterflies, water and reeds on a circular Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Mauve iris and a pink butterfly on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Butterfly and purple flowers on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Religious verse with flowers on a Christmas card
Religious verse with yellow flowers, red berries and two butterflies on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

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