Print Description
plate XL: Ancyluris meliboeus (Melibeous Swordtail) & Myrina silenus (Common Fig-tree blue).
Made by an anonymous engraver after W.F. Kirby.
Medium: Original chromolithograph. on wove (vellin) paper.
Sheet size: 11.6 x 18.1 cm (4.57 x 7.13 inch). Image size: 12 x 18 cm. (4.72 x 7.09 inch).
Condition: good, given age. A long discolouration in the far left margin, some spots in the lower right margin, and a faint stain in the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ANCYLURIS-MELIBOEUS SWORDTAIL-MYRINA-FIGTREE BLUE-PL.XL | DPO-PCO-2-182
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive original antique print originates from: ‘A Hand-Book to the Order Lepidoptera, Part II. Moths, Vol. IV’, by W.F. Kirby, published in London, 1897.?.
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