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Description: | Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae (butterflies):
Apatura iris (purple emperor, 6 specimens)
Limenitis camilla (white admiral, 18 specimens)
Polygonia c-album (comma, 17 specimens)
Nymphalis polychloros (large tortoiseshell, 13 specimens).
Partly collected by Iain D. Jex Long with A.S.Tetley material incorporated (acquired by Long in 1917).
The large tortoiseshells are from New Forest, reared in 1901.
Several of the Jex Long specimens are Scottish, from Ardrossan, Moffat, etc. 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-Z179 |
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