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Posted 02/28/2014 09:05 am

A butterfly in Guyana, designed by French artist Odette Baillais, engraved by Cécile Guillame, and issued by France on October 16, 1976, Scott No. 1446, Y&T No. 1865A.

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Posted 04/18/2014 11:15 am

British Indian Ocean Territory 1994

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Australia

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Posted 04/20/2014 08:50 am

The Polish Hologram butterfly M/S of 1991 has already been posted but here's the accompanying set of six stamps

Here's just the stamp portion of the hologram M/S

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Posted 05/07/2014 11:16 am

Hairstreak butterfly and daisies, printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on November 28, 1997, Scott No. 2477.

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Posted 07/03/2014 10:56 pm

I obviously collect stamps with butterflies. My avatar is a dead giveaway!

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Posted 09/20/2014 1:24 pm

Hi, I'm new to the butterflies, but they sure are difficult to resist. Here is the Lemonbutterfly (Zitronenfalter, Gonepterix rhamni) issued as a semipostal for charity by Germany in 2005. I have added a photo from the website schoepfung.eu, because there should be a bit of natural surrounding for a butterfly; that goes for the caterpillar as well. Stamp design by Lienemeyer.

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Posted 09/24/2014 1:17 pm

This is the second in the butterfly series of the other day. In German this day-active moth is called the Russian bear, in English it is the Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria). Its bright hind wings aren't seen when it rests with the front wings covering the hind wings.

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Posted 09/27/2014 11:02 am

This is the third stamp in the butterfly series. It is the Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io). It's fairly common because it isn't so highly specialized with respect to the flowers it visits. But the caterpillar prefers the leaves of the stinging nettle. The stamp has more brown in the scan than the live butterfly.

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Posted 09/28/2014 03:54 am

The fourth butterfly is the Great Banded Grayling (Weißer Waldportier, Brintesia circe). The undersides of the wings are mottled, letting the butterfly blend in with its surroundings. It is fairly widespread in Europe but not very common; the young caterpillar hibernates in a protected place and when it's warm enough, crawls out to forage on grasses.

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Posted 09/28/2014 04:31 am

here are some new butterfly stamps yet to appear later in the year in Belgium

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Posted 11/01/2014 02:26 am

Singapore 31 October 2014 Atlas Moth

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Madagascan sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus, aka Chrysiridia madagascariensis), an airmail stamp designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon, and issued by Malagasy on May 25, 1960, Scott No. C64.

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Posted 04/13/2015 08:25 am

Spanish moon moth (Graellsia isabellae), designed by French artist Pierrette Lambert (1928- ), printed by photogravure, and issued by France on May 31, 1980, Scott No. 1708, Y&T No. 2089, plus a photo.

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Posted 04/24/2015 09:12 am

Czech Republic issued this souvenir sheet for Worldwide Fund for Nature, in 2002 with 4 stamps and 4 labels. SC 3175.

a, 5.40k, Maculinea nausithous.
b, 5.40k, Maculinea alcon.
c, 9k, Maculinea teleius.
d, 9k, Maculinea arion.

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