Caerois chorinaeus 1, Cape lappet moth, Eutricha capensis 2, and obrina olivewing, Nessaea obrinus, dorsal 3, ventral 4. Papilio arcesilaus, Phalaena capensis, Papilio ancaea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1813. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.
Caerois chorinaeus 1, Cape lappet moth, Eutricha capensis 2, and obrina olivewing, Nessaea obrinus, dorsal 3, ventral 4. Papilio arcesilaus, Phalaena capensis, Papilio ancaea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1813. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.