Wood White Butterfly, Delias Aganippe — Arthur F. D. Bartholomew

Wood White Butterfly, Delias aganippe


arthur f. d. bartholomew (1834 - 1909)

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Museums Victoria (Melbourne, Australia)

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This scientific illustration by Arthur Bartholomew was commissioned by Sir Frederick McCoy, Director of Museum Victoria as part of his zoological research. It forms part of the much larger Prodromus Collection. Many of the original illustrations in the collection informed the production of the two-volume work