artist Peter Carl Friedrich Geyer (1802 – 1889)

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

Later he was commissioned by the Austrian entomologists Cajetan Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer.

Geyer's task was to draw, engrave, and create lithographs for exact scientific illustrations of each species in the vast insect collection gathered during the famous Austrian Novara Expedition (1857–1859). This historic voyage was the first official scientific circumnavigation of the globe undertaken by the Austrian Empire. Geyer’s highly detailed lithographs were published in the monumental multi-volume work

Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde,
   printed by the Austrian Imperial Government's printing house.

Some copies of illustrations by Geyer used in this website -

ADELIDAE

Adela aethiops

ANTHELIDAE

Anthela basigera	Anthela rubeola	Chelepteryx chalepteryx	Munychryia senicula
Nataxa flavescens

CASTNIIDAE

Synemon jcaria

Synemon parthenoides

EREBIDAE

Plusiodonta coelonota

Ischyja albata

Zethes alfura

NOCTUIDAE

Condica dolorosa	Proteuxoa angasi	Proteuxoa capularis	Proteuxoa scotti
Proteuxoa tortisigna	Xanthodes amata

OECOPHORIDAE

Barea codrella

in progress

Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera artists

Australian moths

(written 20 August 2026, updated 6 October 2026)