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Stiboges nymphidia
Stiboges nymphidia, the columbine, is a small but striking butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the Punches and Judies group of metalmark butterflies (family Riodinidae). It is the sole member of the genus Stiboges Butler, 1876.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 5)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.74

Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.190

Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.191

Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.321

Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.393

Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.139

Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.587

The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.82

Garden of Health
1507 · p.391

The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.143

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.136

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.134
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 846974.