Artist Henri Charles Alfred Delahaye (1806 – 1882)

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

Charles Delahaye worked as a specialized natural history draftsman and lithographer attached to the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris. During the mid-19th century, his mastery of complex biological structures made him a top choice for the publisher Roret. He was brought in specifically to sketch highly demanding anatomical details for multi-volume epics like

Baron Walckenaer’s Histoire Naturelle des Insectes: Aptères
and

Boisduval & Guenée's Histoire Naturelle des Insectes: Spécies Général des Lépidoptères.

Some copies of illustrations in this website by Charles Delahaye :-

Diatenes gerula

Ophyx ochroptera

in progress

Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera artists

Australian moths

(written 14 October 2026)