Butterfly
This butterfly was collected by Major A. B. Gay at ‘ Upper Putumayo, S. E. Colombia’ in June 1931. Major Gay was a curator at the Museum and it is largely thanks to him that we have the well organised and important collection that we do today.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 81/2003/1217
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Collection Area Region
- South America
- Collector Excavator
- Gay, Major Arthur Bertie (from the collection of)
- Common Name
- butterfly
- Simple Name
- insect: butterfly
- Period Classification
- Inter War (1918-1939); Modern (1900-)
