Museum lot of 25 irreplaceable exotic day-flying butterflies

This is an exceptional museum case of 25 tropical Nymphalidae + Pieridae, almost all from the Afrotropical region. West and Central Africa with a few Indo-Australian species. The butterflies are housed in an original museum drawer with a glass lid. Dimensions 40.00 by 30.00 cm. Originating from the famous old Vestergaard Collection. This was one of the largest collectors of African forest butterflies from the 1970s-1990s. His material no longer comes onto the market and, in this state and completeness, is an extreme rarity. All 25 specimens are in A1 / A1- quality, professionally prepared and pinned. Provenance: Rainforests of Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast, Uganda and Southeast Asia - Indonesia / Malaysia. Below is the independent description per butterfly - numbered from top left to bottom right as in the drawer. ROW 1 1. Euphaedra janetta - Pied Forester Central Africa. Velvet-black with metallic turquoise-green hindwings. Highly sought-after Forester, females rare. 2. Euphaedra eupalus - Western Blue-banded Forester West Africa, Ivory Coast / Ghana. Spectacular turquoise-blue band on black. Iconic collection species. 3. Charaxes pollux / Charaxes epijasius - Black-bordered Charaxes. West / Central Africa. Black with a wide cream-yellow band and white marginal spots. Large Charaxes, very decorative and rare in trade!! 4. Vindula erota - Cruiser. Southeast Asia. Orange with fine black markings and eye spots. The only Asian Nymphalidae in this lot. 5. Athyma nefte / Parathyma nefte - Colour Sergeant. Southeast Asia. Black with pure white diagonal bands. Very graphic, desired by theme collectors. ROW 2 6. Moduza procris - Commander Indo-Malaysia. Reddish-brown with a white band. Classic Sailer, almost no longer offered from old material. 7. Harma theobene - Angular Glider. Central Africa. Large, dark brown with gold-cream band. Very scarce, forest species from the Congo Basin!! 8. Cymothoe caenis / Cymothoe egesta - Common Glider / Orange Glider Africa. Female orange-brown with a white apical spot. Cymothoe females are far rarer than males. 9. Euphaedra ceres / Euphaedra caerulescens - Ceres Forester. West Africa. Small, dark brown with a deep cobalt-blue mirror. One of the most intense blues in the genus. 10. Anteos menippe / Phoebis agarithe - Large Orange Sulphur Pantropical, South America to Africa. Bright lemon-yellow with orange specks. Pieridae giant in this collection. ROW 3 11. Euphaedra preussi - Preuss's Forester Cameroon / Congo. Black with light-green-yellow and deep turquoise iridescence. Very localized species, rare!! 12. Neptis nysiades / Neptis melicerta - Small Yellow-banded Sailer West Africa. Small, orange-black striped. Extremely rare in European collections, often confused with N. nemetes. 13. Appias albina - Common Albatross / White Pierid Southeast Asia. Pure white, satin gloss. Beautiful contrasting species in this colorful lot. 14. Euphaedra mirabilis - Purple-banded Forester - TOP PIECE !!!! Gabon / Congo. The showpiece. Deep purple-blue iridescent on black-brown. In living condition almost ultraviolet. This is one of the rarest Euphaedra species, in A1 almost impossible to find. A peak for the serious collector!!!! 15. Neptis hylas / Athyma ranga - Common Sailer Africa / Asia. Black-brown with white band and serrated wing margins. Excellent condition. ROW 4 16. Eurytela dryope / Eurytela hiarbas - Golden Piper Africa. Dark brown with white central spots and fine blue pollination. Very difficult to catch. 17. Charaxes tiridates - Common Blue Charaxes TOPPIECE !!!! West- and Central Africa. Jet black with broad, luminous sky-blue bands. The most sought-after blue Charaxes. In this size and condition extremely rare !!!! 18. Bicyclus / Lethe / Gnophodes betsimena - Evening Brown Africa / Madagascar. Dark brown with broad orange bands. Large Satyridae, forest dweller. 19. Charaxes varanes / Charaxes fulvescens - Pearl Emperor / Creamy White Nymph Africa. Large cream-white inner fields with dark brown margins. Female, larger and rarer. 20. Euryphene / Euriphene atrovirens / Bebearia chalcis - Pearly Nymph Central Africa. Fire orange red with dark purple transition. Intensely colored, ROW 5 21. Euphaedra eusemoides / Euphaedra rezia - Blue Ceres Forester - TOPPIECE !!!! West Africa. Velvet-black with electric cobalt-blue rim. One of the most sought-after Euphaedra in the world. Almost never for sale !!!!! 22. Charaxes protoclea - Flame-bordered Charaxes Tropical Africa. Orange-brown with a black top and fine speckles. Large species, perfect condition. 23. Eurema hecabe / Catopsilia pomona - Common Grass Yellow Afrotropical and Indo-Australian. Citron-yellow with white edge. Fresh, A1. 24. Tirumala petiverana / Euploea euphon - Blue Tiger / Spotted Blue Crow Africa. Black with hundreds of light-blue spots and brown basal wings. Very decorative. 25. Pareronia anais / Appias paulina - Striped Albatross Southeast Asia. White with brown-gray veins. Elegant closing piece of the collection. It is remarkable not only in the individual butterflies but especially in the complete historical ensemble. An original museum drawer with 25 different exotic butterflies, all professionally prepared and collectively preserved, will never be offered again. We are receiving 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 without minimum prices on Catawiki, so keep an eye on my offers. Pickup is preferred due to the fragility. If you buy multiple drawers, we can arrange a possible personal delivery. If shipping, we will package the drawers with care and extreme thoroughness. 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 in good condition except for one pin that fell. Carefully packed and shipped insured.

Utropspris:SEK 2,215.38

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