Everything's Coming Up Butterflies!

Manama (Ajman)
1972 - ?
Butterflies (various series)




latin names added courtesy of the excellent web-site lepi-phila

Singapore 2019 Singapore-Philippines Joint Issue - Butterflies SS.

On August 12, 1999 Singapore issued a set of 4, sheet format butterfly stamps and a souvenir sheet (S.G. MS1003) with the 4 stamps. Differing from the 22c (local rate) stamp of the souvenir sheet, the low value sheet stamp is inscribed "FOR LOCAL ADDRESSES ONLY".

The joint issue, Swedish booklet stamps of a very similar design are shown on page 10 of this thread.

Here is Finland's August 24, 2007 set of 3 first class rate butterfly stamps. The Arctic sulfur has a vast range. It goes by many names, and there are many subspecies.

purple emperor (Apatura iris)
Arctic sulfur (Colias palaeno)
checquered blue (Scolitantides Orion)

Finland May 9, 2008. Set of 3 native moths as first class rate, self-adhesive stamps.

Interestingly, each stamp has a clear, highly reflective coating which gives a half silhouette of the moth as seen from above.

tau emperor (Aglia tau)
elephant hawk (Deilephila Elenor)
garden tiger (Arctic Caja)

Two more lovely stamps from the designer/engraver 'team' of SVABINSKY & JINDRA.

Cover postmarked 19630612 Praha.

Clifden Nonpareil (Catocala fraxini)
Country: Czechoslovakia
Series: Butterflies
Catalog codes:
Michel CS 1307
Stamp Number CS 1088
Yvert et Tellier CS 1190
Stanley Gibbons CS 1263
AFA number CS 1153
POFIS CS 1223
Issued on: 1961-11-27
Size: 27 x 42 mm
Perforation: comb14
Printing: Recess
Face value: 1 K#269;s - Czechoslovakian koruna
Print run: 1,350,000

Mouring Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
Country: Czechoslovakia
Series: Butterflies
Catalog codes:
Michel CS 1306
Stamp Number CS 1087
Yvert et Tellier CS 1189
Stanley Gibbons CS 1262
AFA number CS 1152
POFIS CS 1222
Issued on: 1961-11-27
Size: 27 x 42 mm
Perforation: comb14
Printing: Recess
Face value: 80 h - Czechoslovak halé#345;
Print run: 1,300,000

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

Ireland July 12, 1994. Set of four indigenous moths issued as self-adhesive coil stamps of the 32p domestic rate.

The elephant hawk moth gets its name from the caterpillar which resembles an elephant's trunk (last pic).

garden tiger (Arctia caja)
burden green (Calamia tridens)
emperor (Saturnia pavonia)
elephant hawk (Deilephila elpenor)

Tunisia
Butterflies of Tunisia
November 15, 2001
The stamp set depicts Pseudonympha sp., Melanargia galathea, Charaxes jasius, Saturnia pyri.

Poland
Butterflies
August 22, 1977
1.00zl: Apollo (Parnassius apollo)
1.00zl: Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros)
1.50zl: Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
1.50zl: Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
5.00zl: High Brown Fritillary (Fabriciana adippe)
6.90zl: Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)

Peru
Butterflies of Peru
October 24, 2013
Mapwing Butterfly (Hypanartia splendida)
Tiger Moth (Isanthrene flavizonata)
Glaucolaus Swallowtail (Protesilaus glaucolaus)
Moth (Histioea peruana)

Republic of Cyprus
28th June 1983
Butterflies



Pararge aegeria; Aricia medon; Glaucopsyche Paphos

Designed - A. Tassos

Republic of Cyprus
1st August 2014
defs (surcharged) Seasons
"Spring"



designed - Melanie Efstathiadou

Mexico
World Wildlife Fund
September 30, 1988
The stamp set features Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus), known for its annual southward migration from the northern and central United States and southern Canada to Florida and Mexico.

Malaysia
Butterflies of Malaysia
April 27, 2008
The stamp set depicts Smaller Wood Nymph (Ideopsis gaura perakana), Malay Lacewing (Cethosia hypsea hypsina), Malay Red Harlequin (Paralaxita damajanti damajanti), Glorious Begum (Agatasa calydonia calydonia), Common Rose (Atrophaneura aristolochiae), Blue Glassy Tiger (Ideopsis vulgaris), Green Dragontail (Lamproptera meges).

Singapore 2019 A butterfly on the lower right corner.