TY  - Type of reference 
TI  - From the French Artist Bouguereau to Modern Science: Why Are We Captivated by Butterfly Eyespots? 
AU  - Md Jahir Rayhan
 
AU  - Vazrick Nazari
 
AB  - The French academic painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825 – 1905) used real European butterfly models with vivid eyespots to depict the wings of mythological figures such as Zephyr, Flora, Eros, and Psyche in his paintings. Here we analyze these works of art, identify the butterfly species depicted, and discuss the potential symbolic meanings behind these paintings. 
DO  - 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2026.1467 
JF  - Art and Science 
KW  - conservation, Hipparchia, metamorphosis, mythology, Nymphalidae, conservation, Hipparchia, métamorphose, mythologie, Nymphalidae,  
L1  - https://www.openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/iste_artsci26v10n2_2.pdf 
LA  - en 
PB  - ISTE OpenScience 
DA  - 2026/06/8 
SN  - 2515-8767 
TT  - De l’artiste français Bouguereau à la science modern : pourquoi sommes-nous captivés par les ocelles des ailes de papillon ? 
UR  - https://www.openscience.fr/From-the-French-Artist-Bouguereau-to-Modern-Science-Why-Are-We-Captivated-by 
IS  - Issue 2 
VL  - 10 
ER  -