Smithsonian butterflies and moths paintings

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I just came across a set of Smithsonian pages on butterflies and moths that I was not familiar with.

I assume that modern techniques for identification have rendered old paintings obsolete for such purposes. Many of these paintings seemed especially beautiful.

Here's a link to the butterflies and moths pages:

http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/image ... nd%20Moths

Below is a link to this collection's general index page:

http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/index.cfm