The British - a people deeply attached to nature - have a very special relationship with their Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty.
This can be seen in one place in a unique way: In the London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)London neighbourhood of Camberwell,
EnglandCamberwell, the namesake for the British-English name of the
Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty.
Two Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauties were caught on Cool Arbour Lane in August 1748 Wilkes, 1749 - The English Moths and Butterflies. Today the street is called Coldharbour Lane,
EnglandColdharbour Lane and the former village Camberwell,
EnglandCamberwell is now a lively district of London's,
United Kingdom (Great Britain)London's.
18 years later, it was the engraver and Insect scientistEntomologist Moses Harris (1730-c.1788)Moses Harris who first used the name Camberwell Beauty in Harris, 1766 - The Aurelian.
Camberwell Beauty Facade image, Superdrug Health Beauty Shop, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London, England
Even in the 21st century, people in Camberwell, EnglandCamberwell are proud that the town gave its name to the butterfly, which is extremely rare in
England
England.
A street sign on the main road Denmark Hill, EnglandDenmark Hill is not the only reminder of the extraordinary sighting over 250 years ago. Apart from the
Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty, you will encounter butterflies at every turn in Camberwell,
EnglandCamberwell:
Be it as a metre-long picture of a building façade or the name of a shopping centre. Be it as the name of a kindergarten, a company logo or the emblem of a park.
Camberwell Beautry as the gateway to a playground, Camberwell Green, Camberwell, London, England
Even the entrance gate of a children's playground at Camberwell Green, EnglandCamberwell Green has the shape of an
Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty with a yellow border and blue splendour spots.
Not so long ago, butterfly collecting was still a widespread and lovingly pursued hobby in society. Not only in the British Isles was catching an Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty one of the great experiences in the life of a butterfly collector. Michael A. SalmonMichael A. Salmon even speaks of the Holy Grail of butterfly collectors in his book Salmon, 2000 - The Aurelian Legacy - British Butterflies And Their Collectors in this context.
Superdrug Health Beauty, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London, England
Butterfly Walk, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London, England
Road sign on Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London, England
Butterfly Walk, McDonald's, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London, England
A column in the Chichester Observer Williamson, 2002 - Nature Trails: A bashful beauty is about a sighting of the Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty in Sussex,
EnglandSussex:
...that most fine, glamorous and elusive butterfly of any that can be seen in Britain, the Camberwell Beauty
In so-called Camberwell Beauty years, in which many butterflies that have migrated from the continent are sighted in Great Britain, the event is recognised and appreciated by the whole country, not least through the corresponding attention in the press.
The Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty has been the official State Butterfly of the state of Montana in the north-west of the
United States
United States since 2001.
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