Clouded mother-of-pearl, Protogoniomorpha anacardii, dorsal 1, ventral 2. Found in Agathon, Benin, Africa. Le papillon opale, Papilio aethiops. Copied from an illustration by Jean-Gabriel Pretre in Palisot de Beauvois' Insectes recueillis en Afrique et en Amerique, 1805. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810.

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