Atlas moth, Attacus atlas (China) and white witch moth, Thysania agrippina (Cayenne). Copperplate engraving by Antonio Baratti after Francois-Nicolas Martinet after Maria Sibylla Merian from Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d’Alembert’s Encyclopedie, Histoire Naturelle (Encyclopedia: Natural History), Livourne, 1774. Francois-Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) was a French draftsman and engraver.

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