Unique Museum Lot 16x Irreplaceable Exotic Day...

One of the most beautiful drawers in the collection. Offered: an exceptionally complete and historical museum drawer with 16 prepared exotic day-flying butterflies, Originating from the renowned private collection of entomologist Vestergaard. Introduction: What you see here is not a standard decorative butterfly collection - this is a museum-worthy entomological global collection of 16 specimens from the famous Vestergaard collection. A complete entomological museum drawer 40 x 30 cm with glass lid, containing 16 professionally prepared day-flying butterflies. Each butterfly is provided with its unique original, hand-written / typed data label with locality, date, and collector. This is museum material, not recent commercial stock. The drawer contains species from 4 continents - something like this can no longer be collected today. Offered: an exceptional and very rare museum lot of 16 prepared day-flying butterflies from the renowned Vestergaard collection. This is not a standard trade lot, but a scientifically documented collection. All 16 specimens are housed in an original wooden museum drawer of 40x30 cm with glass lid and are provided with their own, unique data label. The combination of Palearctic rarities from China and Russia, with species from Indonesia, Cameroon, Trinidad and Peru in one drawer makes this lot unique for the advanced collector. Why this lot is unique and rare: 1. Provenance Collection Vestergaard: The labels with "Vestergaard" 1973-1975 and other old dates show the historical value. 2. Intercontinental: In one lot you will find species from Asia, Africa, South America and Europe. 3. Scientific labels: No reproductions. All data is original, with exact location, altitude, date and collector (leg. = collector). 4. Uncollectable: Species from, among others, W. Yunnan and Guangxi at 1600m+, Cameroon and Amazonas have not been imported this way for decades. Detailed inventory - 16 items left to right, top to bottom: Row 1: 1. Apatura iris - Large Pearlwing butterfly - Europe. Magnificent male with intense purple sheen. Label: Plitvice 600m 25/7/69 - Croatia. Top quality !!! 2. Apatura ilia f. clytie - Small Pearlwing butterfly - Europe Rare form with orange border. Label: Volx, June 79, France. France is a classic locality. 3. Limenitis helmanni / amphyssa. Asian King in Yellow (Iwashi) butterfly - Far East Russia. Label: USSR - FAR EAST, Ussuriysk 9.VIII.1943, coll. L. Bieber. Unique valuable old label from WWII era, from the Russian Far East. Very rare !!!! 4. Lopinga sp. / Ypthima - Ringlet - China Dark brown Satyrinae with large eye-spot. Label: CHINA, W. YUNNAN, Qingshuilang Shan, Yunlong, VII-VIII.1998, leg. Qin et al. High-altitude expedition !!!! Row 2: 5. Elymnias vitellia vitellia (male) - Maluku Islands, Indonesia. Almost black, purple-gloss jungle species. Labels: male ELYMNIAS VITELLIA VITELLIA / CERAM, MOLUKKEN, INDONESIA, 18.XII.1978. Ceram is a very hard-to-reach island !!!! 6. Argynnis paphia / Fabriciana - The Map butterfly - Europe Large orange swallowtail butterfly. Label: Volx, June 79, France. In perfect condition. 7. Aporia procris - Pieridae - China. Rare white-black forest white from the Himalayan fringe. Label: CHINA, W. YUNNAN, Qingshuilang Shan, Yunlong, VII-VIII.1998, leg. Qin et al. 8. Elymnios / Amauris - Nymphalidae - Africa Black-and-white forest nymph. Label: Cameroon, Kribi, 18-7-1975, Vestergaard. West African coastal forest species, rare in collections !! Row 3: 9. Cupha / Vindula sp. - Nymphalidae - China Bright orange. Label: CHINA, W. SICHUAN, Emei Shan, 1600m, VII.1997, leg. Wu. Famous sacred mountain Emei Shan, high mountain. 10. Elymnias harteti - Sumatra, Indonesia Dark brown endemic species from Sumatra. Labels: CHINA, GUANGXI, Jinxiu, Dayao Shan, VII-VIII 1998, leg. Liang et al. / MT. SANGGUL, W. SUMATRA, INDONESIA, 8.II.1991 / 157 ELYMNIAS HARTETI. Very rare species !!!! 11. Lethe / Neope sp. - Satyrinae - Far East Russia Brown forest butterfly with yellow band. Label: USSR, Primorskij kraj, Arsen ev. env., VII. 1990, Toyoshima 19-29, B. Sibla leg. - Ussuri region. 12. Phoebis sennae / Aphrissa - Sulphur - Trinidad Citron-yellow migratory butterfly from the Caribbean. Label: Trinidad, Tucker Vall., 31-7-1973, Vestergaard. Row 4: 13. Hestina assimilis / Sephisa - Red Spots - China Imposing large species with distinctive red spots on the lower edge. Label: CHINA, W. YUNNAN, Qingshuilang Shan, Yunlong, VII-VIII.1998, leg. Qin et al. Highly sought after by collectors !!!! 14. Delias levicki - Pieridae - Philippines Pure white with black apex. Labels: MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES, 9.V.1980 / 7 male Delias l. levicki. Endemic to Mindanao, rare !!! 15. Euthalia / Bassarona sp. - Emperor butterfly - China Gigantic specimen, 9-10 cm wingspan, green-brown marbled. Label: CHINA, GUANGXI, Jinxiu, Dayao Shan, VII-VIII 1998, leg. Liang et al. Showpiece of the drawer !!!!! 16. Callicore / Catagramma / Perisama - 88-butterfly - Peru Black butterfly with a bright red band. Label: RODRIGUEZ DE MENDOZA, AMAZONAS, PERU, 12.VIII.1994. Amazonian mountains, very hard to obtain. Condition & dimensions: All butterflies in good to very good museum condition (A-/A1-). Antennas reasonably intact, colors not faded. The drawer itself is in excellent condition, wood 40x30 cm with glass lid, ready for display. A lot with a story, for the serious collector who does not seek standard Morpho but scientifically and historically documented material. A once-in-a-lifetime chance for advanced collectors, researchers, and museums to obtain a very comprehensively documented museum drawer from a renowned collection 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 who is looking for provenance, data and species you will never find anywhere else. We have just 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 a minimum price on Catawiki, so watch my offers. Pickup is preferred due to fragility. If you buy multiple trays, we can arrange personal delivery. During shipping we will carefully and securely package the drawers. Although all insects are firmly mounted on pins, there is always a small chance of damage. Therefore shipping is also at your own risk. We have now shipped more than 80 drawers and they have all arrived well, with only a single butterfly coming off its pin. Careful packing and insured shipping.

Estimate:$224.04

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