Ailing New Zealand butterfly collector gives away life's work

[Article] Un collectionneur de papillons fait don de son immense collection au Musée d'histoire naturelle de Londres avant sa mort.


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Ailing New Zealand butterfly collector gives away life's work.Karori (New Zealand) (AFP) - A New Zealand enthusiast spent half a century amassing one of the world's largest private butterfly collections. As death nears, he has handed this life's work of 20,000 specimens to a museum.Wheelchair-bound and...
This article was published Saturday, 28 September, 2024 by AFP
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A group of startingly colourful specimens from Indonesia were among the handful that New Zealander John McArthur couldn't bear to part with © AFP Marty MELVILLE


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