Museum filled with 25 unique tropical Nymphalidae from 3 continents. Taxidermy full body mount - Oa. Charaxes imperialis, Nessaea hewitsonii, Callicore 88 - 30 cm - 40 cm - 6 cm - Ex. Collectie Vestergaard - 25

Rare museum drawer with 25 unique tropical Nymphalidae from 3 continents, all in A1 quality from the old Vestergaard museum collection.
The drawer 30x40cm is original, pine with entomological foam.

Each specimen is individually determined (see list 1-25)

ROW 1 - Top pieces!

1. Charaxes imperialis - Imperial Blue Charaxes
Origin: Central/West Africa - Cameroon, Congo
Very rare.
Large male with that broad steel-blue band and white spots.
Top piece of the drawer !!!!

2. Eunica amycla - Purplewing
Origin: Amazon Basin - Peru, Brazil.
Small, deep purple with brown underside.
Neotropical Biblidinae, iridescent.

3. Doxocopa agathina - Agathina Emperor
Origin: Central and South America.
Dark with emerald-blue reflections. Males vividly iridescent.

4. Charaxes tiridates - Common Blue Charaxes
Origin: Africa - Guinean forests.
Black with a broad yellow band and jagged hindwing. Typical Charaxes shape.

5. Vanessa braziliensis / Junonia - Brazilian Belted Butterfly.
Origin: South America.
Orange-brown with black spots.
Related to our Atalanta.

ROW 2 - The 88s and Adelphas.

6. Callicore cynosura - 88 butterfly.
Origin: Amazon - Ecuador.
Black with bright red bands.
Underside with the famous 88 mark.
Highly sought after.

7. Adelpha melona - Sister.
Origin: Panama to Bolivia.
Orange top, white band, brown underside.
Typical Adelpha pattern.

8. Cymothoe hobarti - Forest Nymph.
Origin: Central Africa.
Orange with dark edge, resembles an autumn leaf.

9. Tirumala limniace - Blue Tiger.
Origin: India, Indonesia, Philippines.
Brown with white and light blue stripes.
Migrant butterfly from Asia.

10. Neptis hylas - Common Sailor.
Origin: Southeast Asia / Africa.
Brown-white checkered pattern.
Good flyer, tricky to catch.

ROW 3 - The crackers and mappers.

11. Hamadryas amphinome - Starry Cracker.
Origin: Central and South America.
Dark brown with white and light blue mosaic, white spots.
Makes cracking sound in flight.

12. Cyrestis thyodamas - Common Map.
Origin: India, Southeast Asia.
Almost translucent white with fine gray veins.
Very fragile.

13. Euphaedra harpalyce - Common Blue Forester.
Origin: West Africa.
Dark brown with broad white band and blue reflections. African forest species, rare in collections.

14. Nessaea hewitsonii - Hewitson's Nessaea
Origin: Amazon - Rio Napo region.
The mint-green jewel.
Light green with black edge.
One of the most sought-after Nessaea species !!!!

15. Memphis oenomais - Leafwing.
Origin: Central America to Amazon.
Brown leaf butterfly with 2 tails.
Underside perfect camouflage.

ROW 4 - The blue bands.

16. Nessaea aglaura - Northern Nessaea.
Origin: Amazon.
Black with bright turquoise bands.
Male with an extremely vivid color.
Companion to no. 14.

17. Doleschallia bisaltide - Autumn Leaf.
Origin: India to Australia.
Orange-brown, underside like a dried leaf.

18. Phoebis argante - Apricot Sulphur.
Origin: South America.
Bright yellow with orange spots.
Pieridae, large and striking.

19. Eunica alpais / Doxocopa - Purple Emperor
Origin: Brazil.
Almost black with deep purple and blue sheen, white spots.

20. Cyrestis camillus - African Map.
Origin: Africa.
Beige-white with brown stripes and small eyelets on the tails.

ROW 5 - The closing row, the color poppers.

21. Appias drusilla - Florida White.
Origin: Florida, Central America, Caribbean.
Pure white with black wing tips.
Pieridae.

22. Parthenos sylvia - The Clipper.
Origin: Malaysia, Indonesia.
Brown with large cream-yellow patches.
Very large, fast flyer.

23. Perisama bomplandii - Blue-banded Perisama.
Origin: Andes - Colombia, Ecuador.
Small, black with intense blue bands.
High-altitude species.

24. Asterope markii / Callicore pastazza - Orange & Blue Glory.
Origin: Amazon - Peru.
Black with turquoise upper band and orange lower band. Extremely colorful, rare !!!

25. Athyma perius / Neptis - Common Sergeant.
Origin: India, Southeast Asia.
Dark brown with white stripes, speckled edge.

This concerns strictly wild-caught specimens from 1960-1980, pre-conservation, from the Vestergaard collection.
No breeding material.
All 25 in A1 condition, perfectly symmetrically prepared.
The original museum drawer 30x40cm is included.

Why this lot is exceptionally rare:
This is NOT a standard trading lot.
This is an authentic historic lot from the Vestergaard Collection, which has not appeared on the market for over 30 years.

25 specimens with no fewer than 15 different genera - from the highly sought-after blue Charaxes (imperialis, eupale) to the red Cymothoe sangaris, the purple Apatura, and the Asian Ideopsis.
Such a broad genus mix in one drawer is no longer found.

2. Afro-tropical top material:

The large forest nymphs (Euphaedra, Bebearia) and Charaxes are now extremely difficult to obtain legally due to deforestation in West Africa and strict export bans (CITES, Cameroon / DRC).

specimens from before 1990 like these are exempt and have risen enormously in value.

Perfect for museum, study, or luxury interior.

An original museum drawer with 25 different exotic butterflies, all professionally prepared and kept together, will never be offered again.

Will be very well packed and insured during shipping.

We have received 100 new Vestergaard museum drawers!!!

Again a very large complete scientific insect collection.
Provenance Vestergaard / Gyulai and several other national and international entomologists.
We will auction this collection again without minimum prices on Catawiki, so watch my offers.

Pickup is preferred due to the fragility. If you buy multiple drawers, we can arrange a personal delivery.
When shipping, we will package the drawers with care and extremely well.
Although all insects are firmly mounted on pins, there is always a small chance of damage.
Therefore shipping is also at your own risk.

We have shipped over 80 drawers so far and they have all arrived well except for one on a pin.

Will be packaged and shipped insured with great care.