The butterfly

Understanding, loving and protecting butterflies – in all their enchantments. Butterflies have enchanted and intrigued us for centuries. From the eighteenth-century ‘aurelians’, through the Victorian ‘golden age’ of collecting, to the twentieth-century focus on conservation, humans have chased glimpses of these beautiful but elusive creatures. Winding through literature, art, music, and dreams, ‘The Butterfly’ uncovers why butterflies continue to inhabit such a profound place in our imagination.