Hewitson’s 19th Century Butterflies Collection

$16.00

A collection of 16 beautiful Public Domain butterfly images from The Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera (1846). This is a digital product – you will receive 32 high-resolution files (16 .jpgs, 16 .pngs). All images feature background transparency and are ideal for printing on various colors. Copyright free for any use, personal or commercial. No physical product will be shipped to you.

Images included:

Top row, left to right: (1) Penetes Pamphanis, Dynastor Napoleon, (2) Morpho Polyphemus, Thaumantis Camadeva, (3) Pavonia Rusina, Pavonia Ajax, (4) Godartia Eurinome, Romaleosoma Sophron, Romaleosoma Pratinas.

Second row, left to right: (5) Victorina Steneles, Amphirene Bpaphus, Marpesia Eleucha, (6) Opsiphanes Boisduvallii, Opsiphanes Sallei, Opsiphanes Reevesii, (7) Diadema Nyctelius, Diadema Anthedon, Diadema Boisduvalii, (8) Agrias Aedon, Prepona Hercules, Prepona Deiphile

Third row, left to right: (9) Aganisthos Orion, Smyrna Karwinskii, Meneris Tulbaghia, (10) Diadema Salmacis, Diadema Nama, Penthema Lisarda, (11) Zeuxidia Luxeri, Kallima Rumia, Kallima Paralekta, (12) Adolias Dirtea, Adolias Teuta, Adolias Dunya.

Bottom Row, left to right: (13) Romaleosoma Arcadius, Enispe Euthymius, Harma Theobene, (14) 5 Butterflies, (15) 6 Butterflies, (16) 9 Butterflies.

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These high resolution images have been optimized. The background page yellowing has been removed, colors have been adjusted and defects and damages fixed. These images may be used digitally on any colored background or printed on t-shirts, coffee mugs, tote bags or anything else you can think of.

  • Copyright: Public Domain (May be used for any use, personal or commercial)
  • 32 files 16 .jpg 16 .png
  • 300 dpi
  • RGB color space
  • Source: The genera of diurnal lepidoptera : comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habits and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus
  • Year: 1846
  • Artist: William Chapman Hewitson
  • (1) Penetes Pamphanis, Dynastor Napoleon Butterflies, 4200 x 4500 pixels, 14″ x 15″, .jpg (3.87MB on white background), .png (13.8MB with transparent background)
  • (2) Morpho Polyphemus, Thaumantis Camadeva butterflies, 3300 x 4500 pixels, 11″ x 15″, .jpg (3.63MB on white background), .png (13.3MB with transparent background)
  • (3) Pavonia Rusina, Pavonia Ajax Butterflies, 3900 x 4500 pixels, 13″ x 15″, .jpg (3.29MB on white background), .png (11.9MB with transparent background)
  • (4) Godartia Eurinome, Romaleosoma Sophron, Romaleosoma Pratinas butterflies, 3600 x 3000 pixels, 12″ x 10″, .jpg (2.34MB on white background), .png (8.40MB with transparent background)
  • (5) Victorina Steneles, Amphirene Bpaphus, Marpesia Eleucha butterflies, 3600 x 3900 pixels, 12″ x 13″, .jpg (1.68MB on white background), .png (8.05MB with transparent background)
  • (6) Opsiphanes Boisduvallii, Opsiphanes Sallei, Opsiphanes Reevesii Butterflies, 3900 x 4800 pixels, 13″ x 16″, .jpg (3.86MB on white background), .png (13.8MB with transparent background)
  • (7) Diadema Nyctelius, Diadema Anthedon, Diadema Boisduvalii butterflies, 3300 x 3600 pixels, 11″ x 12″, .jpg (1.66MB on white background), .png (8.05MB with transparent background)
  • (8) Agrias Aedon, Prepona Hercules, Prepona Deiphile Butterflies, 3600 x 3900 pixels, 12″ x 13″, .jpg (2.83MB on white background), .png (10.0MB with transparent background)
  • (9) Aganisthos Orion, Smyrna Karwinskii, Meneris Tulbaghia butterflies, 4200 x 3300 pixels, 14″ x 11″, .jpg (3.11MB on white background), .png (12.3MB with transparent background)
  • (10) Diadema Salmacis, Diadema Nama, Penthema Lisarda Butterflies, 4500 x 3600 pixels, 15″ x 12″, .jpg (3.74MB on white background), .png (13.0MB with transparent background)
  • (11) Zeuxidia Luxeri, Kallima Rumia, Kallima Paralekta butterflies, 3900 x 3900 pixels, 13″ x 13″, .jpg (3.43MB on white background), .png (12.8MB with transparent background)
  • (12) Adolias Dirtea, Adolias Teuta, Adolias Dunya butterflies, 3900 x 3900 pixels, 13″ x 13″, .jpg (2.23MB on white background), .png (10.8MB with transparent background)
  • (13) Romaleosoma Arcadius, Enispe Euthymius, Harma Theobene butterflies, 3600 x 2700 pixels, 12″ x 9″, .jpg (1.67MB on white background), .png (8.91MB with transparent background)
  • (14) 5 Butterflies (clockwise from top left): Clerome Arcesilaus, Kallima Eurodoce, Morpho Cytheris, Amathusia Phidippus, Dyctis Bioculatus, 4200 x 3900 pixels, 14″ x 13″, .jpg (3.81MB on white background), .png (16.0MB with transparent background)
  • (15) 6 butterflies (clockwise from top): Morpheis Ehrenbergh, Iaera Caenobita, Aterica Rabena, Pandora Prola, Symphaedra Aeropus, Euriphene Sophus, 4200 x 4200 pixels, 14″ x 14″, .jpg (2.30MB on white background), .png (11.7MB with transparent background)
  • (16) 9 Butterflies: left to right, top to bottom (1) Liptena Abraxas, (2) Thecla Ducalis, (3) Cleosiris Catamita, (4) Petavia Sakuni, (5) Phytala Elais, (6) Polyommatus Tarquinius, (7) Zeritis Alphaeus, (8) Damas Sebae, (9) Liptena Acraea, 3600 x 3300 pixels, 12″ x 11″, .jpg (2.03MB on white background), .png (6.64MB with transparent background)
  • ***Note: The low resolution sample image on this page may be blurry and/or pixelated from compression. The downloadable versions are high resolution and beautiful!***

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