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Butterfly Wing Scales
Martin Frobenius Ledermuller (1719-1769)1764
The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom
Studies of scales from the wings of butterflies viewed by microscope, under magnification. Nine specimens lettered a-h, with an inset detail at natural size.
Plate 9 from 'Amusement microscopique, tant pour l'esprit que pour les yeux, contenant... estampes... d'apres nature...' by Martin Frobene Ledermuller, plates volume (Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, Nuremburg, 1764).
Copperplate engraving.
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Details
- Title: Butterfly Wing Scales
- Creator: Martin Frobenius Ledermuller (1719-1769)
- Date Created: 1764
- Location Created: Nuremberg, Germany
- Publisher: Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt
- Rights: Copyright The Royal Society, 2018
- External Link: To license this image please visit the Royal Society Picture Library
- Medium: Watercolour, Paper, Ink
- Scientist: Martin Frobenius Ledermuller (1719-1769)
- Field: Biology, Microscopy
- Catalogue Reference: RCN 48660
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