Editorialthe standing man has a shield on his right arm. His knee is cared for by a smaller kneeling figure on his left side. Another interpretation is that the larger hero is about to knock or stab at the smaller figure. Possible Menelaos and Machaon., Gem, in...
EditorialOld World swallowtail, Papillo machaon 1,2,3 and scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius 4. Handcoloured lithograph from Musee du Naturaliste dedie a la Jeunesse, Histoire des Papillons, Hippolyte and Polydor Pauquet, Paris, 1833.
EditorialButterflies, caterpillars and pupae in Central Europe 1, Papilio Podalirius, Papilio Machaon, Tha?s Polyxena, Parnassius Apollo, Parnassius Mnemosyne, Plate I, after S. XIII, Deuchert, Heinrich (del. ad. nat.); Slocombe, A. (del. ad nat.), 1893, Max Ko...
EditorialPapilio machaon, Print, Papilio machaon, the Old World swallowtail, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. The butterfly is also known as the common yellow swallowtail or simply the swallowtail (a common name applied to all members of the family, b...
EditorialGreek Art. 5th-4th centuries BCE. Greece. Votive relief in pentelic marble depicting Asclepius with his sons Machaon and Podaleirios and his daughters Iaso, Aceso and Panacea. At left, a family of worshipers carrying a pig to sacrifice. In the backgrou...
EditorialGreek Art. 5th-4th centuries BCE. Greece. Votive relief in pentelic marble depicting Asclepius with his sons Machaon and Podaleirios and his daughters Iaso, Aceso and Panacea. At left, a family of worshipers carrying a pig to sacrifice. In the backgrou...
EditorialGreek Art. 5th-4th centuries BCE. Greece. Votive relief in pentelic marble depicting Asclepius with his sons Machaon and Podaleirios and his daughters Iaso, Aceso and Panacea. At left, a family of worshipers carrying a pig to sacrifice. In the backgrou...
EditorialOld World swallowtail, Papilio machaon, and alexanor or southern swallowtail, Papilio alexanor. Handcoloured steel engraving by the Pauquet brothers after an illustration by Alexis Nicolas Noel from Hippolyte Lucas' Natural History of European Butterfl...
EditorialOld world swallowtail, Papilio machaon 1, painted lady, Vanessa cardui 2, and scarce swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius 3, butterfly, caterpillar and pupa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Pictur...
EditorialSwallowtail butterfly, Papilio machaon. Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by Moses Harris from "The Aurelian; a Natural History of English Moths and Butterflies," new edition edited by J. O. Westwood, published by Henry Bohn, London, 1840.
EditorialOld world swallowtail butterfly, Papilio machaon, with pupa, caterpillar and butterfly. Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany,...
EditorialGreek Art. 5th-4th centuries BCE. Greece. Votive relief in pentelic marble depicting Asclepius with his sons Machaon and Podaleirios and his daughters Iaso, Aceso and Panacea. At left, a family of worshipers carrying a pig to sacrifice. In the backgrou...