Invaluable world collection of diurnal butterflies in a museum cabinet

ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL DRAWERS FROM THE COLLECTION !!!! Extremely rare museum drawer with 16 Nymphalidae with complete data originating from the famous Vestergaard collection. Description: Offered is a unique and intact museum drawer from the legendary Vestergaard collection. The drawer contains 16 different Nymphalidae from four continents. All specimens are perfectly prepared, with preserved colors; each specimen is provided with its original handwritten or printed data label including locality, altitude, date and collector. A complete drawer with 16 specimens with full provenance almost never comes onto the market. This is not a composite drawer, but an original entomological museum drawer of 40 x 30 cm with a wooden frame and a glass lid, as used in natural history museums. All specimens come from the same scientific collection of Vestergaard and were collected between 1979 and 2001. The geographic distribution is phenomenal, from the Peruvian Amazon and Mongolia to Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, China and Papua New Guinea. Row 1, top row: 1. Eunica sp., the blue-band. Recognizable by the intense, metallic blue mirrors on dark brown wings. Label: Rodriguez de Mendoza, Amazonas, Peru, 15.VIII.1999 A highly sought after and rare Amazon specimen. 2. Mimathyma schrenckii, synonym Apatura schrenckii. A rare East Asian emperor butterfly, white-banded. Label: Apatura Schrencki, handwritten. 3. Polyura athamas athamas, the Common Nawab. Large specimen with characteristic tails, white with a brown edge. Label: Eriboa athamas and Polyura athamas Drury. 4. Euploea sp., the Crow Butterfly. Dark brown with a white dotted edge. Label: Indonesia, Bali, Sanur, 4-9-1999, Vestergaard. Row 2: 5. Cethosia sp., the Lacewing. Bright orange with a black wavy edge and a white spot. In top condition !!! - Label 1: Panay, Philippines, 4.IX.1987. Label 2: Cethosia sp., 394, female. 6. Colias sp., small yellow specimen. Vivid yellow with a black edge and a spot, an extremely rare highland species !!!!! Label above: Apatura Schrencki. Label below, highly detailed and printed: Mongolia, Central aimak, 1400 to 1600 meters, Tagaan Davaa, 20 kilometers NW of Bayan Tondosmal, 106°03'E, 48°17'N, 18 to 23.07.1998, leg. Peregovits and Varga. This is museum-quality data that will never be offered or obtainable again !!!! 7. Kallima inachis formosana, the leaf, an absolute top piece !!!!! The famous leaf butterfly. The upperside is spectacular orange, blue and black. The underside is a perfect leaf-mimicry. This is an icon that belongs in a museum. Equipped with the unique museum Label: Kallima Doubleday, 1849, K. inachis Boisduval, 1846, K. formosana Fruhstorfer. 8. Vindula erota, The Cruiser. Large, warm orange with a fine brown pattern and eye spots. Label above: Indonesia, Bali, Sanur, 4-9-1999, Vestergaard. Label below: Khao Soi Dao, Chanthaburi, Thailand, 24.III.1994, leg. G. Ten Broek. Row 3: 9. Euploea sp. Dark chocolate brown with large white spots. Label: Pu Ye, Kroeng Kra Via, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 15.III.1994. 10. Cethosia obscura gabensis, rarity from P.N.G. Jet-black with stunning white marginal spots and an orange stripe. Label in red handwriting: C. obscura gabensis, P.N.G., New Britain, Jal. Maranggi, 12.2001, male. Originating from Papua New Guinea and extremely difficult to obtain !!!!! 11. Symbrenthia lilaea, The Jester. Small, with a tiger pattern in orange and black. Label 1: Catmon, St. Bernard, So. Leyte, Philippines, 10.IV.1979. Label 2: Symbrenthia lucina, male, 824. 12. Athyma sp., the Sergeant. Black-and-white striped, an elegant flier. Label: China, Guangxi, Jinxiu, Dayao Shan, VII to VIII.1998, leg. Jiang et al. Row 4, bottom row: 13. Euploea sp. Identical to number 9, perfect for a comparative study. Label: Pu Ye, Kroeng Kra Via, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, 15.III.1994 14. Parthenos sylvia lilacinus, The Clipper, a museum piece !!!! Enormous, with a breathtaking blue-green metallic sheen and white windows. This is one of the most sought-after Nymphalidae in Asia !! Label, large and handwritten: Parthenos Hübner, 1819, P. sylvia Cramer, 1775, P. s. lilacinus Butler. This is a complete unique historical taxonomic determination you will never encounter again. 15. Apatura sp., the Chinese Emperor. Brown with broad white bands, a unique highland specimen. Label: China, W. Sichuan, Emei Shan, 1600 meters, VII.1997, leg. Wu. Irreplaceable !!!! 16. Parthenos sp., White Morph, very rare !!!! Almost entirely white with a brown-black edge and a scalloped wing margin. A highland white form from Sichuan. Label: China, W. Sichuan, Emei Shan, 1600 meters, VII.1997, leg. Wu. This is a pair with number 15, from the same locality and altitude. You will never encounter this again !!!!! All 16 specimens are professionally prepared, with largely intact antennae, without grease spots and with very bright colors. The drawer 40.00 by 30 cm is original and clean. The glass is crack-free. Provenance: Ex-collection Vestergaard. He was a collector known for his expeditions to Asia and South America in the 70s to 90s The labels are partly written by himself and partly by colleagues such as Wu, Ten Broek and Peregovits and Varga. 22 years of fieldwork 1979 - 2001 A one-off opportunity for advanced collectors, study, museums, a highly extensively documented museum drawer from a renowned A complete and very extensively documented drawer like this will never be assembled again. A lifetime of collecting, hand-prepared. This is a lot for the serious collector seeking provenance, data and species you will never find in a shop. We have received 100 new Vestergaard museum drawers Again a very large complete scientific insect collection. Provenance Vestergaard / Gyulai and several other national and international entomologists. We will auction this collection again without reserve prices on Catawiki, so keep an eye on my offers. Pickup is preferred due to the fragility. If you buy multiple drawers we can arrange personal delivery. For shipping we will pack the drawers carefully and very well. Although all insects are securely mounted on pins there is always a small risk of damage. Therefore shipping is also at your own risk. We have already shipped more than 80 drawers and they all arrived well except for one fallen from the pin. Carefully packed and shipped insured.

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