Artist Horace Knight (1884–1920)

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

Horace Knight was the artist selected by George F. Hampson to illustrate his major multi-volume work
Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum.

Copies of some illustrations in this website drawn by Horace Knight :-

ACENTROPINAE

Paracataclysta fuscalis

ACONTIINAE

Autoba sphragidota	Carmara subcervina	Enispa daphoena	Enispa niviceps
Eulocastra phaeozona	Hyposada hydrocampata	Maliattha ritsemae	Micrapatetis leucozona
Ozarba chrysaspis	Sarrothripa baeopis	Xanthograpta purpurascens

ACRONICTINAE

Calophasidia dentifera	Data aroa	Data pratti	Diplonephra ditata
Dipterygina babooni	Eremochroa macropa	Eremochroa thermidora	Euplexia polycmeta
Neumichtis callisina	Proteuxoa callimera	Proteuxoa chrysospila	Proteuxoa cornuta
Proteuxoa euchroa	Proteuxoa hydraecioides	Proteuxoa hypochalchis	Proteuxoa petrodora
Proteuxoa sarcomorpha	Proteuxoa tortisigna	Thalatha bryochlora	Thalatha melaleuca

BOLETOBIINAE

Acontia detrita	Acontia nivipicta	Corgatha minuta	Eublemma lozostropha
Eublemma marmaropa	Eublemma rufipuncta	Eublemma vestalis

CHLOEPHORINAE

Aiteta iridias

Carea unipunctata

Vizaga mirabilis

EREBINAE

Avatha novoguineana

Bastilla copidiphora

Dysgonia solomonensis

HADENINAE

Mythimna cryptargyria

Mamestra dictyota

Dasygaster epundoides

HELIOTHINAE

Heliocheilus aberrans	Heliocheilus canusina	Heliocheilus cramboides	Heliocheilus ionola
Heliocheilus melibaphes	Heliocheilus mesoleuca	Heliocheilus osmidus	Heliothis roseivena

NOCTUINAE

Ectopatria aspera

Ectopatria paurogramma

Ectopatria pelosticta

Ectopatria spilonata

RISOBINAE

Risoba obstructa

SARROTHRIPINI

Thriponea nigrostrigata

WESTERMANNIINAE

Westermannia argentata

Westermannia concha

Westermannia gloriosa

Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera artists

Australian moths

(written 21 July 2026, updated 20 August 2026)