Story: European discovery of plants and animals
This plate shows George Hudson’s no-nonsense approach to illustrating his books. He favoured simple accurate images of insects in rows and columns, so that live specimens could be readily compared.
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Reference: G. V. Hudson, The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn, 1928, Plate XII.
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