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many different types of butterflies displayed in a displaythree yellow and brown butterflies in a black frame on a white surfacetwo moths and a butterfly on a white backgrounda framed picture of a variety of butterflies on a white backgroundthree butterflies in a black frame on a white backgroundframed picture of a butterfly and a moth in a shadow boxa picture of a picture of a butterfly and other insectsthree display cases with butterflies and moths in them on a tablea picture of a display of butterflies in a glass casea lot of different types of butterflies in a display casemany different types of butterflies displayed in a display casethree framed butterflies in a black box on a white surfacetwo butterflies that are in a box on a tablemany different types of butterflies displayed in a display casea picture of a picture of a butterfly on top of a piece of papera blue butterfly that is sitting in a box
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149 - A set comprising various insects: - A glass-framed display c…
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Estimate €80 - €100
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Description
A set comprising various insects: - A glass-framed display containing two specimens of Rhopalocera Nymphalidae Lepidoptera, including Danaus spp., and one specimen of Heterocera Lepidoptera On the reverse of the frame is the inscription ‘Nicolas Boissonas summer of 1955 New Canaan, Connecticut’ Specimens sold as is Species not regulated under CITES, EC Regulation 338/97 of 9 December 1996, or the French Environmental Code - A glass-fronted frame containing three specimens of exotic Rhopalocera Lepidoptera of the Papilionidae family, specifically the species Papilio glaucus and Papilio troilus On the reverse of the frame is the inscription: ‘Tiger swallowtail, Spicebush swallowtail, male, female, Nicolas Boissonas, summer of 1955, New Canaan, Connecticut’ Specimens sold as is Species not regulated under CITES, EC Regulation 338/97 of 9 December 1996, and the French Environmental Code - A glass-fronted frame containing two specimens of Rhopalocera Nymphalidae butterflies, including Danaus spp. and Papilio spp., and one specimen of a Saturniidae moth Specimens sold as is Species not regulated under CITES, EC Regulation 338/97 of 9 December 1996, or the French Environmental Code - A glass-framed display containing 13 specimens of Rhopalocera Nymphalidae butterflies, including Speyeria aphrodite, Phyciodes tharos and Pyridae butterflies, including Pieris rapae On the reverse of the frame is the inscription: ‘Cabbage male, Cabbage female, Blue-eyed grayling, Blue-eyed grayling female, Buckeye, Question mark, Hunters butterfly, Red admiral, Aphrodite underside, Aphrodite, Pearl crescent, Little wood satyr – Nicolas Boissonas, summer of 1955, New Canaan, Connecticut’ Specimens sold as is Species not regulated under CITES, EC Regulation 338/97 of 9 December 1996, or the French Environment Code - Glass-fronted entomological display case illustrating the life cycle of the Lepidoptera species Pyridae (Pieris brassicae), produced by Deyrolle Specimens sold as is Species not regulated under CITES, Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996, or the French Environmental Code - Glass-fronted entomological box containing 19 specimens of Rhopalocera Lepidoptera (Nymphalidae, Pyridae, Papilionidae), 2 specimens of Heterocera Lepidoptera (Erebidae) and 2 beetles (Passalidae) Specimens sold as is Species not regulated under CITES, Regulation (EC) No 338/97 of 9 December 1996, and the French Environmental Code - A glass-framed display containing 4 specimens of Rhopalocera Lepidoptera (Pyridae spp.) On the reverse of the frame is the inscription ‘Nicolas Boissonas, summer of 1955, New Canaan, Connecticut’ Specimens sold as is Species not regulated under CITES, EC Regulation 338/97 of 9 December 1996, or the French Environmental Code - A wooden box containing one specimen of an exotic Rhopalocera butterfly (Nymphalidae) from the Morphinae subfamily (Morpho spp.) Specimen sold as is Species not regulated under CITES, EC Regulation 338/97 of 9 December 1996, or the French Environment Code - A set of educational photographic cards depicting various species of diurnal and nocturnal Lepidoptera
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