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MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN (1647-1717)

Branch of Duroia eriopila with Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly

1702-03

RCIN 921200

Merian shows the caterpillar of the Melantho Tigerwing Butterfly (Xanthocleis psidii), which she illustrated alongside the Sour Guava. She mistakenly thought that it became the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly (Eurytides proesilaus) which she shows sitting on the leaf.

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