Moths (Lepidoptera-Heterocera, Plate 42) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 east africa Scale: Half-inch to the mile

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Moths (Lepidoptera-Heterocera, Plate 42) by Frederick DuCane Godman, 1879 east africa Scale: Half-inch to the mileFrederick DuCane Godmans Insecta Lepidoptera Heterocera Pl. 041 (1879) is a quintessential Victorian zoological illustration, created at a moment when exquisitely detailed plates were the backbone of scientific communication. An English naturalist born in 1834, Godman worked at the confluence of exploration and scholarship, documenting the remarkable diversity of Lepidoptera before photography could serve researchers at scale. This plate captures