butterfly

Collection Date: June 22, 1934

Four (4) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.   Upper side is orange-brown with darker wing bases; forewing with black apex patch...

Collection Date: early 20th century

Four (4) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.  They range in size 1 3/4 x 2 3/8 to 2 x 1 1/2.  The first butterfly upper wing...

Collection Date: July 6 and 8 (Goshen); July 10; July 15 (Snake Creek), 1934

Six (6) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.  They range in size 1 3/4 x 2 3/8 to 2 x 1 1/2.  The following is from to bottom and...

Collection Date: early 20th century

Two (2) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.   It measures 2 3/4 x 3 1/4.  The bottom butterfly is folded and is orange with...

Collection Date: May 19, 1932

Two (2) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.   The top butterfly is bright yellow with a thick brown border with gray towards the...

Collection Date: August 19, 1900

Four (4) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.   These range in size from 1 x 1 3/8 to 1 x 5/8. The top butterfly is orange with...

Collection Date: early 20th century

Two (2) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.   The top butterfly is black with interior of wings yellow and row of yellow spots at...

Collection Date: July 15, 1935

Three (3) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case. The top two butterflies are orange with brown spots.  The bottom butterfly is yellow...

Collection Date: June 28, 1934 (Ephraim Canyon); May 10, 1931 (Bouquet Canyon); June 27, 1931 (Tehachapi); June 16, 1934 (Snake Creek Canyon)

Seven (7) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case. The following description is from top to bottom and left to right.  The butterflies are...

Collection Date: July 14, 1933 (Santaquin Canyon); August 24, 1934 (Inglewood)

Six (6) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case. These range in size from 3/4 x 1 to 7/8 x 1 1/4. The following is from top to bottom and then...

Collection Date: January 1, March 20, and April, 1929

Three (3) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case. These range in size from 1 3/4 x 2 7/8 to 1 7/8 x 1 3/4. These butterflies are orange with...

Collection Date: November 17, 1928

Four (4) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case. These range in size from 1 x 1 3/4 to 1 1/8 x 7/8. Scattered white scales in forewing black...

Collection Date: early 20th century

Two (2) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.  These butterflies are brown with large white spot in upper wing and one large red spot in...

Collection Date: June 21, 1934

Five (5) butterfly in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.  Upper side is orange-brown with an orange bar at the leading edge of the forewing;...

Collection Date: early 20th century

Three (3) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.  They are arranged in one column.  The first butterfly is orange with a wide brown...

Collection Date: June 27, 1929

Four (4) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.  Wings are brown. Upper side of forewing has 2 large yellow-ringed eyespots. Lower side...

Collection Date: June 29, 1934

Three (3) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.  Upper side is orange-brown with large black spots and dark wing borders. Underside...

Collection Date: July 6, 1929 (Kelwood)

Eight (8) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.   There are all an iridescent shade of purple with a lighter blue in the middle....

Collection Date: August 2, 1935 (Tioga Lake); June 21, 1930 (Monarch)

Three (3) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case.  The top two are light yellow with black spots along top of upper wing and gray along...

Collection Date: June 22, 1934

Nine (9) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case. Upper side of male brown with purple iridescence; female more orange. Hindwing of both sexes...

Collection Date: July 4, 1936

Three (3) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case. Brown with white stripes, orange spots, and blue spots along borders. These range in size...

Collection Date: July 8, 1932

Four (4) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case. The top and bottom butterflies are orange with small brown spots.  the two middle...

Collection Date: September 10, 1934

Five (5) butterflies in a Riker Mount which is a thin, glass-topped, cotton-filled exhibition case. Upper side bright orange with black markings; 3 black-encircled white dots on forewing leading...

Collection Date: June 20 and 24, 1930 (Luther); July 25, 1930 (Marlow)

Three (3) creamy white with indented black borders which outline a "dog's head" on forewings; more pronounced in male. Hindwing with projecting tail-like points. These range in...

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