Butterfly Black Swallowtail Framed Specimen

The Victorians built entire rooms around specimens like this one. They understood something the rest of us are slowly catching up to: the natural world, at its most extreme, is horror and beauty running on the same current.

The Alpine Black Swallowtail, Papilio sp., is large, genuinely black, and layered with deep forest greens, blues, and purples that emerge as the light hits the wings from different angles. It belongs on a wall in the same way a good piece of dark art does, sitting somewhere between natural history and the macabre. Bits & Bugs source and frame these properly, which means you're getting a real specimen treated with the care it deserves, not a novelty.

Genuine entomological specimen. Professionally framed and ready to hang. Supplied by Bits & Bugs. Exact frame dimensions vary by specimen.