Cassava, White Peacock Butterflies, and Lizard

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Cassava, butterfly, and lizard — Cassava, white peacock butterflies, and lizard.

Artist

Name:: Merian, Maria Sibylla
Dates:: 1647-1717
Country:: Germany

Illustration

Subject:: Animals, Plants
Technique:: Etching
Engraver:: Mulder, Joseph
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Smithsonian Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaamsche insecten
Author(s):: Merian, Maria Sibylla
Publisher:: Amsterdam: Jean Frederic Bernard, 1730
Open Library:: View record.

Description

A blue lizard climbs up a branch of cassava (Manihot esculenta) populated with caterpillars and a couple white peacock butterflies (Anartia jatrophae).

Keywords: 1730s, 18th century, butterfly, color, lizard, reference book, reptile, South America, Suriname