Illustrations by William Buckler (1814 - 1884)

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

William Buckler was an artist and entomologist in London. He was was trained at the Royal Academy of Arts, but had a hobby of rearing caterpillars. He painted many portraits, but is famous for writing and illustrating the book The larvæ of the British butterflies and moths, published by the Ray Society, London (1910). For publication, his drawings were converted to lithographs by the Leiden-based lithographer Abraham Jacobus Wendel, and printed by Pieter Willem Marinus Trap in Leiden.

Copies of some illustrations by William Buckler in this website -

Endrosis sarcitrella

Pyralis farinalis

Platyptilia isodactylus

Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera artists

Australian moths

(written 26 July 2026)