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Description: | Lepidoptera, Pieridae (butterflies):
Aporia crataegi (black-veined white, 2 specimens)
Pieris brassicae (large cabbage white, 28 specimens)
Pieris rapae (small cabbage white, 12 specimens)
Pieris napi (green-veiined white, 30 specimens);
Lepidoptera, Papilionidae (swallowtail butteflies):
Papilio machaon (old world swallowtail, 4 specimens).
Collected by Iain D. Jex Long with A.S.Tetley material incorporated (acquired by Long in 1917).
The black-veined whites are ex 'the late Berk's (of York) collection c.1860.'
Several of Jex Long specimens are Scottish, from Ardrossan and Moffat. Part of a collection of British and European butterflies in old cabinet in basement. This collection has no recorded provenance (as far as is known). | Subjects: | Zoology | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Address: | University of Glasgow,
University Avenue,
G12 8QQ | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Contributor: | Part of a collection of British and European butterflies in old cabinet in basement. This collection has no recorded provenance (as far as is known). | Identifier: | H-Z178 |
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