Spring Auction 2026 on May 31, 2026 by The Butterfly Company LLC in IL - Page 2
Ornithoptera croesusOrnithoptera urvillanusTroides prattorum
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Spring Auction 2026

Welcome to our Spring 2026 Auction! Here you will find both common and rare material. These items are sourced from our extensive House Collection, legacy American and European collections. We hope you win a wonderful treasure to add to your collection! Good luck!
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Papilio ulysses FEMALE: Like its male counterpart, female Ulysses' are almost visually similar with regions of beautiful smokey-blue and black coloration. It's quite elegant in appearance, and bigger than the male! You will
0025: Papilio ulysses FEMALEEst. $25-$60$25
Lyssa zampa: The Tropical Swallowtail, Lyssa zampa is a chocolate colored, tan-banded swallowtail from Laos with long tails. It looks like a fairy when it flies! You will receive this exact specimen spread as
0026: Lyssa zampaEst. $16-$42$16
Cethosia myrina BLUE FORM: A deep-sapphire, electric blue form of Cethosia myrina, this nymph coloration is rare and seldom on the market! You will receive this exact specimen spread as shown from the TBC House Collection.
0027: Cethosia myrina BLUE FORMEst. $25-$45$25
Actias rubromarginata: A Luna Moth subspecies with pink coloration along the edge of each wing set down towards mid-tail range. They're wings are beautiufl tea green with yellow vein-lining. An overal great find! You will
0028: Actias rubromarginataEst. $28-$50$28
Ornithoptera paradisea A2: This listing is for a Ornithoptera paradisea specimen. Paradisea's are one of the smallest birdwings in the world. Known for their delicate hindwing end tails and bright green and yellow coloration
0029: Ornithoptera paradisea A2Est. $45-$85$125(2 bids)
Papilio krishna: The Krishna Peacock is a large colorful green swallowtail butterfly from Asia. Known for its speckled green topsides with light green linear coloration down the forewing, and its most magnificent
0030: Papilio krishnaEst. $65-$135$64
Euphaedra Trio: A vivid Euphaedra nymph butterfly trio, spread as shown from the TBC House Collection! Dimensions: 7cm, 6.8cm, 7.5cm
0031: Euphaedra TrioEst. $30-$60$30(1 bid)
Memphis philumena: A dark and moody blue leafwing butterfly from South America!
0032: Memphis philumenaEst. $10-$30$10
Eupalamides cyparissias: A chocolate brown Castnidae moth with cryptic white upper forewing patches, mid-bands and lower hindwing vanilla cream-ended spot patterning . This moth, like other Neotropical moths of its species,
0033: Eupalamides cyparissiasEst. $65-$150$64
Consul electra: A sharp-tipped cream-brown colored leafwing butterfly from South America. You will receive this exact specimen spread as shown from the TBC House Collection!
0034: Consul electraEst. $24-$38$24
Consul fabius: Consul fabius, known as the Tiger-Leafwing, is an orange colored, black-brown bordered butterfly with cream yellow patches. They come from the Neotropical realm that stems from Mexico to South
0035: Consul fabiusEst. $20-$35$20
Loxolomia serpentina: A textured and intricately patterned brown and white toned moth from South America. They are wide-spanned, up to 5 inches! A stunning Saturn moth, you will receive spread as shown from the TBC House
0036: Loxolomia serpentinaEst. $36-$45$36
Phaegoptera histrionica Moth Duo: A beautiful set of tiger moths from Brazil, with whisps of orange spatial patterning in its top forewing sets of wings mixed with white cream patching throughout. Hindwings lack the same visual
0037: Phaegoptera histrionica Moth DuoEst. $20-$42$20
Dysschema mariame Moth Duo: The Southern Giant Flag moths are beautifully striped and patterned with dark brown wings with white linear markings and golden orange-dipped hindwing edges with black bordered blue spotting along
0038: Dysschema mariame Moth DuoEst. $16-$26$16
Hypocrita drucei: A lovely metallic blue day-flying moth from Central to South America. They are dark winged with white bands on each wing set with beautiful blue-green scaled hindwings with similar coloratio on their
0039: Hypocrita druceiEst. $12-$27$12
Diactor bilineatus: A rare and unusual insect, this visually striking leaf-footed bug ranges from South to Central America. They have leaf-like leg "warmers" that help them evade predators in the wild. Visually they
0040: Diactor bilineatusEst. $65-$150$64
Diaboctris mimas PAIR: A metallic, neon lime green and black colored beetle pair from Brazil! You will receive this exact pair spread as shown from the TBC House Collection! Dimensions: 3.6cm, 3.2cm
0041: Diaboctris mimas PAIREst. $24-$95$24
Cassidinae Tortoise Beetle Group #1: A lovely selected assortment of Cassidinae Tortoise shelled beetles from all over the world! Will receive all you see pictured spread as shown from the TBC House Collection! Dimensions range: 1.5 -
0042: Cassidinae Tortoise Beetle Group #1Est. $18-$75$18
Cassidinae Tortoise Beetle Group #2: A lovely selected assortment of Cassidinae Tortoise shelled beetles from all over the world! Will receive all you see pictured spread as shown from the TBC House Collection! Dimensions range: 1.5 -
0043: Cassidinae Tortoise Beetle Group #2Est. $18-$75$18
Cassidinae Tortoise Beetle Group #3: A lovely selected assortment of Cassidinae Tortoise shelled beetles from all over the world! Will receive all you see pictured spread as shown from the TBC House Collection! Dimensions range: 0.9 -
0044: Cassidinae Tortoise Beetle Group #3Est. $18-$75$18
Hierodula patellifera: Large wing spanned Green Asian Mantis from Indonesia. They're a mix of yellow, lime green with translucent, large spanned wings measuring up to 120mm! Spread as shown from the TBC House Collection!
0045: Hierodula patelliferaEst. $12-$38$12
Asian Mantis Trio: A striking set of 3 Asian Mantis specimens of varying sizes, spread as shown from the TBC House Collection! Dimensions: 7.5cm, 4.9cm, 2.6cm. Wingspans: 10.5cm, 7cm, 4.7cm
0046: Asian Mantis TrioEst. $27-$75$27
Goliathus goliathus quadrimaculatus: A beautiuflly, preserved Golliath beetle UNSPREAD in package! At this size he is an absolute giant, and very rare to finds these days. He is in great condition, from the TBC House Collection!
0047: Goliathus goliathus quadrimaculatusEst. $345-$600$345
Necrosia punctata FEMALE: These walking sticks have transparent wings and are long and green bodied insects. Great for artwork! You will receive this exact specimen spread (in packaging) as shown from the TBC House
0048: Necrosia punctata FEMALEEst. $10-$25$10