To see our specialist collection of Benjamin Wilkes, please click the link below.

Benjamin Wilkes

This page represents only a small part of our collection of original Antique prints of Butterflies & Insects. Please click on an image to see it in high-resolution, with details of the work itself.  For enquiries and purchases, please do contact us.

Callidryas Eubule andTerias Mexicana.

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly, underside, caterpillar and chrysalis (1-4) and the Comma Butterfly underside, caterpillar and chrysalis. (5-8).

Wool carder bee (1. Anthidium manicatum), Sleepy Carpenter (2. Chelostoma florisomne) and Large-headed resin bee (3.Heriades truncorum).

Cynthia juliana, Anaartia amalthea and Junonia orthosia butterflies.

Iliades agenor and Parides oeneas.

Harris Humblebee (Bombus Harrisellus), bee pests Apathus vestalis and Apathus rupestris.

Bumblebees: Ruderal (1. Bombus Harrisellus), Northern European (2. Bombus Lapponicus), Knapweed caper (3. Bombus sylvarum) and European honeybee (4. Apis mellifica)

Mason bee (1. Osmia bicolor), Poppy bee ( 2. Anthocopa Papaveris), and Scissor bee (3. Osmia leucomelana).

Caterpillars on the Woody Nightshade and the Larkspur with chrysalises, flies and moths.

Sphaenogena mexicana and Calldrayas.

Small Cabbage White Butterfly, female, underside, caterpillar and chrysalis (1-5) and the Green veined White Butterfly, female, underside, caterpillar and chrysalis. (6-10).

Tailed flower bee (1. Anthophora furcata),Long-horn flower bee (2. Sarapoda bimaculata) and Thumbnail bee (3. Certina caerulea).

Locusts (Gryllus): G. foliaceus, Acrydium, G bipunctatus, G fabulatus, G. opacus. Engraved by John Pass.

African Sunset moth (Tthaliura rhipheus) Upper and underside.

Sharp-tailed bee (1. Coelioxys Vectis), Coastal leaf-cutter bee (2. Megachile maritima), and Argentinian leaf- cutter bee (3.Megachile argentata).

Peacock Pansy, Wood Nymph, Colour Sergeant, and the Cardinal butterfly: Junonia almana, Ideopsis juventa, Limenitis Jadera and Argynnnis Pandora.

Atlas Moths: Atticus pavonia major and minor.

Butterflies: Hoetera Philoctetes, Hyades Horsfieldii, Eudamus Versicolor.

Bees (Apis): Queen, drone and worker 1-3, details of legs 5-6, Combs 7,8,9,21, stinger 10, ovary 11, eggs to larvae 12-17, larvae to nymph 18-20. Engraved by John Pass.

Donovan’s Bumblebee (Bombus Donovellus) and the Valparaiso Bumblebee (Bombus Grandis).

Cramer’s Rhetus: Two views. Rhetus Cramerii from Bahia.

Earwig; Madiera roach and Praying Mantis; Foricula biguttata, Blatta maderae, Mantis oratoria with segment details.

Golden ringed Dragonfly, Cordulegaster annulatus. Male and female.

Papilio Harrisianus from Brazil, two views. Named after Moses Harris.

Blue Morpho (Morpho helenor): Upper and underside.

Striped Blue Crow (Euploea linniace) and Monarch (Euploea fexinne).

Yellow under-wing White Butterfly; Pieris (Melete) Limnobia from Rio de Janeiro.

Great Morman Butterfly with caterpillar: Papilio Memnon from India.

Argynnis aglaia and Breathis euphrosyne. Two examples of each.

Scarlet Tiger Moth, pahlaena dominula and Hound’s Tongue, cynoglossum officinale.

Brimstone Butterfly, papilia rhamn and a Buckthorn branch, rhamnus catharticus.

Dragonflies: Bar winged skimmer (Libellula axilena) and Twelve spotted skimmer (Libellula pulchella).

Bees: Orange tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) and a Cander Bumblebee (Bombus muscorium).

Cracker Butterflies: Blue cracker (Peridromia arethusa) and Red cracker (Peridromia amphinome).

On the White-thorn Tree and the Gooseberry bush with chrysalis and moths.

Madagascan Sunset Moth: Urania Riphaeus.

Clouded Yellow Butterfly, female, underside, a variety of, caterpillar and chrysalis (1-6) and the Pale Clouded Yellow Butterfly, female and caterpillar. (7-9).

Arpidea Chorinaea. Butterfly with Caterpiller and Crysalis.

Marsh Ringlet Butterfly, underside (1-3), Small Heath Butterfly underside, caterpillar (4-5) and the White Admiral Butterfly underside, caterpillar and chrysalis. (6-9).

Leilus Occidentalis from Jamaica.

Insects (Entymology): Orders of Linneas. The Coleopterous male 1, femaile 2, Hemipterous male 3, female 4, with egs and larvae, Lepidopterous 5, 6, eggs 7-9, Neuropterous male 10, female 11, Hymenopterous male12 female 13, Dipterous male 14 , female 15 Apterous female 16, male 17, Engraved by John Pass.

Unicorn or Bindweed Hawk Moth, sphynx tillae and the Guernsey Lily, amarylis sarniensi.

Butterflies: Morpho adonis and Pavonia anaxandra.

Giant butterfly moth, Papua day-flying night moth, and Joseph’s Coat moth. Castinia Japyx, Cocytia durvillii and Agarista agricola.Castinia Japyx, Cocytia durvillii and Agarista agricola.

Bees: Large shaggy (1. Panurgus Banksianus), Long horned (2. Eucera longicornis), and Potter flower (3. Anthophora retusa).

Cuckoo bee (1. Melecta puncata), Varigated cuckoo bee (2. Epeolus variegatus) and Plain dark-bee (3. Stelis phaeoptera)

Dragonflies: Brown Hawker (Aeshna grundis) and Silver lacewing (Stilbopteryx costalis).

Caterpillar on the African Marigold with chrysalis and moths.

Butterflies: Monarch (Danais archippus), Red Cracker (Peridromia amphinome) and Longwing (Heliconius doris).

Emerald spreadwing; Lestes dryas, and Comman spreadwing; Lestes sponsa.

Foxy Emperor Butterfly (Charaxes jasius): Upper and underside view with chrysalis.

Tawny Mining Bee (1. Andrena fulva), Ashy mining bee (2.Andrena cineraria) and Grey patched mining bee (3. Andrena nitida).

Large Blue Butterfly, female, underside (1-3) and the Chalkhill Blue Butterfly underside, caterpillar and chrysalis. (5-8).

Caterpillars on an Oak Tree and another on the Wild Rose with chrysalises and moths.

Emperor Moth, phalena pavonia and a White fruit Bramble branch, rubus fruticosa.

Bees: Humble bee (Bumblebee): Bombus terrestris.

Swallowtail Butterflies: Zebra (Papilio Protesilaus) and Peacock (Papilio Sinon).

Two coloured Mason (1. Osmia bicolor), Leaf cutter (2. Anthocopa) and Lesser Mason (3.Osmia leucomelana).

Brazilian Swallow-tail Butterfly with caterpillar: Protesilaus Leilus.

Spilosoma acrea and Arctia Oculatissima. With chrysalis and caterpillar.

Red Underwing on a Willow with chrysalis and moths.

Killima huttoni, Neptis nicomedes and Thaleropus ionia.

Privet Hawk Moth, phynx ligustrtri populi and a Privet branch, ligustrum vulgare.

Red Damselfy; Pyrrhosoma nymphula and Small Red Damselfly; Pyrrhosoma tenellum.

Dragonflies: Mooland Hawker dragonfly Aeschna juncea. Male and female.

Tarantula (Arachne): Faciata (Barbary) Spider in its web with young and insects. Engraved by John Pass.

Ctenophora flabellata Asilus crabroniformis, laphria gigas, mallephore infernnalis and Midas giganteus with segment details.

Great Tortoise Shell Butterfly, papilia chloros and an Elm branch, ulmus campestris.

Greater Cockroach brought by Catesby from the Carolinas and a Cricket from Barbary.

Damselflies: Scarce blue tail Ischnura pumilio and and common blue tail Ischnura elegans

Colias rhamni with two varieties of Eurymus hyale.

Olive shade Moth, spynx tilliae and a small leaved lime tree branch, tiliae europaea.

Striped Titan leafwing (Marius tethys): With a Tiger leafwing (Fabius hippona).

Moth, phalaena monacha and the Apple Tree, pyrus malus.

Locusts (Gryllus): G.bisasciatus, G bimaculatus, G granulatus, G leucostictos, G. griseus, G binotatus and Acheta. Engraved by John Pass.

Pieris nigrina from Australia.

Peacock Butterfly, underside, caterpillar and chrysalis (1-4) and the Camberwell Beauty Butterfly, underside and caterpillar. (5-7).