Branch of a pomegranate tree (Punica granatum) with blue morpho butterfly (Morpho menelaus) and larva of banded reimagined

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Branch of a pomegranate tree (Punica granatum) with blue morpho butterfly (Morpho menelaus) and larva of banded sphinx (Eumorpha fasciata), Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten, Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, Mulder, Joseph, b. 1659 or 60, Transfer engraving, hand-colored, 1719, From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Insects of Suriname), Dutch edition. Butterfly: Morpho menelaus (Linnaeus), female, named Papilio nestor by Linnaeus. Morphidae. Reimagined by Gibon. Classic art with a modern twist

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Size: 3280px × 4949px
Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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