Red cracker butterfly, Hamadryas amphinome 1, Androgeus swallowtail, Papilio androgeus 2, and Lena pierella, Pierella lena 3. Dorsal and ventral. Papilio amphinomus, Papilio polycaon, Papilio lena. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

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