. Illustration of: unidentified butterfly, described as Phalaena thunberghiana or thunbergiana (Phalaena was originally a subdivision of Lepidoptera, created by Carolus Linnaeus, and included moths in is now obsolete, having been replaced by the various families currently under Lepidoptera.) The leaves are Montrichardia arborescens (Moko-moko plant) . circa 1850. Jan Sepp (1778 - 1853) 482 Sepp-Surinaamsche vlinders - pl 052 plate descr. as Phalaena thunberghiana or thunbergiana

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