EditorialLead or skipper guild of Sluis, guild token with no. 1, Brass token Front: right-hand vessel with four flags, in ship a number of men. Reverse: number 1 above inscription and coat of arms flanked by year and inscription, Sluis, anonymous, 1669, brass (...
EditorialPassport map of the Zuiderzee and the Wadden Sea Passport map of the Zuyder Zee (title on object), Passport map of the Zuiderzee and the Wadden Sea, with all sandbanks and depths. With the Wadden Islands (with the exception of Schiermonnikoog) and a la...
EditorialGuild shield, Silver shield of skippers' guild, engraved with a silver ship. Schippers' Guild by J. van den Berg 1777, J. van de Berg (Skipper), anonymous, Netherlands, 1777, silver (metal), engraving, h 12.2 cm ? w 9.5, l 34 cm l 6.5 cm.
EditorialPassport map of the Zuiderzee and the Wadden Sea Passport map of the Zuyder Zee (title on object), Passport map of the Zuiderzee and the Wadden Sea, with all sandbanks and depths. With the Wadden Islands (with the exception of Schiermonnikoog) and a la...
EditorialDigital Photograph - Gladys Clarke & Skipper the Dog, Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd, Abbotsford, Victoria, early 1940s, Black and white photograph of Mrs Gladys Clarke with Skipper, a Pomeranian crossbreed dog, on her lap, in the garden area of the Kodak A...
EditorialThymelicus, Print, Thymelicus is a Palearctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. It is the only member of the tribe Thymelini, but many skipper butterflies are yet to be assigned to tribes, so this might change eventually.
EditorialRiver landscape with naked skipper in the barge, 1822, oil on canvas, 28.5 x 40 cm, signed and dated lower left: I. F?rstenberger., 1,822th, Isaak F?rstenberger, Basel 1799?1828 Gsteig b. Interlaken.
EditorialTagiades, Print, Tagiades, commonly known as snow flats, is a genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies. It is the type genus of the tribe Tagiadini of the subfamily Pyrginae in the family Hesperiidae. It contains seventeen species; three of which are...
EditorialEuschemon, Print, Euschemon rafflesia, the regent skipper, is a butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia and is the only member of its genus, Euschemon, and subfamily, Euschemoninae.
EditorialAncistrocampta, Print, Celaenorrhinus is a genus of skipper butterflies which are commonly termed sprites. An alternate name is flats, for their habit of holding their wings flat when resting, but this is also used for related genera. They belong to th...
EditorialSpotted skipper, Hesperilla ornata, and painted skipper, Hesperilla picta (Adorned and painted skippers, Hesperia ornata, Hesperia picta). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leach's Zool...
EditorialDrinker moth, Euthrix potatoria, brown hair streak, Thecla betulae, large skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus, small skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris, scarce marvel du jour, Dipthera runica, and barred umber, Plagodis pulveraria. Handcoloured lithograph after an ...
EditorialRegal fritillary butterfly, Speyeria idalia, female 1,3, and male 2, and the fiery skipper, Hylephila phyleus 4,5. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustrations of Exotic Entomology," Bohn, London, 1837.
EditorialWestern blue-banded forester, Euphaedra eupalus (Nymphalis erithonius) 1,2, and African giant skipper, Pyrrhochalcia iphis (Hesperia iphis) 3,4, ventral and dorsal. Handcoloured lithograph from John O. Westwood's new edition of Dru Drury's "Illustratio...
EditorialMeadow brown butterfly, Maniola jurtina, wood lady or orange tip, Anthocharis cardamines, and grizzled skipper, Pyrgus alveolus. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Moses Harris from "The Aurelian; a Natural History of English Moths and Bu...
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