Naturalist wall art print, an elegant addition to a living-inspired decor - Iulodis à bouquet by Charles d'Orbigny

Reproduction engraving of: Bouquet Iulodis (Iulodis cirrhosa, Schœnh.), Ocellated Chrysochroa (Chrysochron ocellata, Fabr.), Emperor Stygmodera (Stigmodera imperator, Gory), Noble Beetle (Ctenicera nobilis, Illig.), Sutural Semiote (Semiotus suturalis, Fab.), Illustrious Monocrepidia (Monocrepidius illustris, Klug.), Phyllocerus with yellow elytra (Phyllocerus flavipennis, Dej.)

Illustration taken from the Universal Dictionary of Natural History, written under the direction of Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny (1806-1876) and published from 1841 to 1849.

This work, considered one of the major achievements of the 19th century in terms of scientific synthesis and quality popularization, wonderfully illustrating the great beauty and impressive diversity of the biological world, was supplemented by a certain amount of scientific information, some extracts of which are reproduced below.

Important note: the scientific classification elements of the time have been preserved as they are and may of course be obsolete today.

Scientific classification and description of the species present in the engraving:

Class of Insects
Order of Coleoptera
Suborder of the Buprestians
Fig. 1. Iulodis cirrhosa (Iulodis cirrhosa, Schœnh.) Natural size.
1. a. Jaw.
• b. Leg and tarsus.
Fig. 2. Ocellated Chrysochroa (Chrysochron ocellata, Fabr.)
2. a. Upper lip of Buprestis gigas.
• b. Both mandibles.
• c. Jaw.
• d. Lower lip.
• e. Antenna.
Fig. 3. Emperor Stygmoderus (Stigmodera imperator, Gory) Natural size.
3. a. Antenna.

Class of Insects
Order of Coleoptera
Suborder of the Elaterians
Fig. 5. Noble beetle (Ctenicera nobilis, Illig.) Natural size.
5. a. Antenna.
Fig. 6. Sutural semiote (Semiotus suturalis, Fab.) Natural size.
6. a. Paw.
Fig. 7. Monocrepidius illustris (Monocrepidius illustris, Klug.) Magni.
Fig. 8. Yellow-winged phyllocerus (Phyllocerus flavipennis, Dej.)
8. a. Antenna.