Complete lot of 25 irreplaceable exotic day-flying butterflies

Rare historic entomological museum drawer – 25 exotic tropical butterflies – from the Vestergaard collection Exceptionally beautiful and colorful historical entomological museum drawer with 25 prepared exotic day-flying butterflies, from the Vestergaard collection. The butterflies are professionally prepared and mounted in a natural, fully spread position in an original wooden entomological museum drawer with glass lid, size 30.00 by 40.00 cm. All 25 originate from the Guinean/Congolese rainforest area - Cameroon, DRC, Uganda. They are almost all Nymphalidae. Description of the butterflies: Row 1 - top row: 1. Charaxes cynthia / Charaxes protoclea - Red / Flamed Charaxes. West Africa, brown-orange. Scarce. 2. Catopsilia florella / Eurema hecabe. African Migrant / Grass Yellow. The large bright yellow Pieridae. 3. Phalanta phalantha - Common Leopard. Small orange with black spots. 4. Euphaedra mirabilis / edwardsii - Ceres / Green Forester. BLACK with metallic-green. Showpiece, very rare !!!! 5. Harma theobene - Angled Glider. Black-and-white with a blue haze, complex pattern. Row 2: 6. Euphaedra xypete - Blue Forester. Deep purple-blue, only in primary forest. 7. Bebearia mardania / Euriphene barombina - Dark Palm Forester. Dark brown with eye-spots. 8. Euphaedra eberti / Euphaedra eusemoides - Ceres Forester variant. Black with cream-yellow bands, green haze. 9. Marpesia / Cymothoe - Eurytela dryope? - Dagger Tail. Bright orange with 5 black stripes and long tails. Highly sought after!! 10. Eurema brigitta / Catopsilia - Small Grass Yellow. Small yellow with 1 black spot. Row 3: 11. Neptis melicerta / Neptis serena - Common Sailer. Brown with white stripe. Typical West African species. 12. Vindula / Bebearia cocalia - Common Palm Forester. The large rust-orange with eye spots. 13. Bebearia absolon - Plain Palm Forester. Brown with white eye spots. 14. Euryphura chalcis / Bebearia - African Leaf Mimic. Sand-colored with little tails, resembles dead leaf. 15. Cyrestis camillus - African Map Butterfly. White with black lines and orange tail tips. Very rare and sought after for its pattern!!! Row 4: 16. Charaxes tiridates tiridatoides - GIANT Blue Charaxes. The largest in the lot. Black with electric light-blue bands. Showpiece of the lot, museum piece 17. Euphaedra preussi - Preuss's Forester. Dark brown with a bright turquoise spot. Only Cameroonian montane forest. Very rare !!! 18. Pseudacraea boisduvali / Graphium - False Acraea. Black-and-white with mint green, famous mimicry species. 19. Nepheronia argia - Large Vagrant. Large pure white Pieridae with brown wing tips. Female rare !!! 20. Bebearia sophus / Bebearia zonara - Orange Forester. Dark brown with orange bands. Row 5 - bottom row: 21. Euphaedra / Bebearia - Catuna crithea? - Orange-banded Forester. Black with broad orange band. 22. Euphaedra cyparissa / Euphaedra themis - Blue-banded Forester. Dark with deep purple-blue, green body. Extremely rare !!! 23. Neptis / Bebearia - Small Palm Forester. Small brown with orange stripes. 24. Euphaedra edwardsii / Euphaedra eleus - Ceres Forester. Black with orange upperside and cobalt blue underside. The most colorful piece !! 25. Polyura / Charaxes viola - White-banded Charaxes. Dark brown with white band and double tails. Large and rare !!! The special thing is not only in the individual butterflies but especially in the complete historic ensemble. An original museum drawer with 25 different exotic butterflies, all professionally prepared and kept together, is becoming increasingly difficult to find. As a whole, this is a collection that belongs in a natural history museum. A lifetime of collecting, hand-prepared. This is a lot for the serious collector seeking provenance, data and species you will never find in a shop again. We have received 100 new Vestergaard museum drawers !!!! Again a very large complete scientific insect collection. Provenance Vestergaard / Gyulai and several other national and international entomologists. We will auction this collection again on Catawiki with no minimum price, so keep an eye on my offers. Pickup is preferred due to the fragility. If you buy multiple boxes we can arrange a personal delivery. If shipping, we will package the drawers with care and utmost protection. Although all insects are firmly mounted on pins, there is always a small chance of damage. Therefore shipping is also at your own risk. We have already shipped more than 80 drawers and they all arrived well apart from one fallen from its pin. Packed with great care and shipped insured. 

Utropspris:SEK 2,225.18

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