Central African Wood Euphaedra Species

Butterfly with pink underwings and cream eyespots flares in its frame.

This euphaedra species is from Central African Republic, Central Africa, and is contemporary. It is wood & glass. Bug collecting is said to have caught on as a hobby only in the 19th and 20th centuries, when insects began to be appreciated strictly for their beauty. Large butterfly with cream and olive upper wings marked by dark spots and bands, and pink, scalloped lower wings edged in grey with small dark dots. The slim body is golden. A heavy black frame surrounds it. It is 4.75 inches wide, 2 deep and 4.25 high.

Pink in places nobody would think to look.