Orange albatross butterfly
This butterfly was collected at Celebes in Sumatra (in Indonesia). It was part of Major A. B. Gay’s collection. He was a curator at the Museum and specialised in butterflies. He spent much time organising our tropical and British collections.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 81/2003/1220
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Collection Area Region
- South-East Asia
- Collector Excavator
- Gay, Major Arthur Bertie (from the collection of)
- Common Name
- orange albatross butterfly
- Simple Name
- insect: butterfly
