Lesser purple emperor

This butterfly was collected by Mr. Symington at ‘Rohtwald, N. Vienna’ in July 1933 and was donated to the Museum in 1942.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
20/1942/1349
Category
Natural History
Collection Class
Arthropods
Collection Area Region
Western Europe
Collector Excavator
Symington, Mr L D (from the collection of)
Common Name
lesser purple emperor
Simple Name
insect: butterfly
Period Classification
Inter War (1918-1939); Modern (1900-)

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NYMPHALIDAE: Apatura ilia clytie Schiffermüller & Denis, 1775: lesser purple emperor