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100221586_12
Title
Butterfly and moths around a Javanese orchid, from Westwood, The cabinet of oriental entomology
Description
Ceylon tree nymph butterfly, top left, bee robber hawk moth, right and left at bottom.
Agent (Role)
Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893
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Date
1848
Is Part Of
Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth
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The cabinet of oriental entomology
Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Library, A-4: Westwood, J. O. 1848. The cabinet of oriental entomology; being a selection of some of the rarer and more beautiful species of insects, natives of India and the adiacent islands, the greater portion of which are now for the first time discribed and figured. London, W. Smith.
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Publication History
Engel, Michael S., and Tom Baione. 2018. Innumerable Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth. New York: Sterling, p. 101.
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