Painted lady, Vanessa cardui 1,2, large tortoiseshell, Nymphalis polychloros 3, gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus 4,5, tiger swallowtail, Papilio glaucus 6, grayling, Hipparchia semele 7,8, zebra longwing, Heliconius charithonia 9, small heath, Coenonympha pamphilus 10,11. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Moses Harris from William Frederic Martyn’s A New Dictionary of Natural History, Harrison, London, 1785. Pseudonym of William Fordyce Mavor, Scottish priest, teacher and writer, 1758-1837.

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