Insect Stamp of Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands comprising about 100 islands on the Pacific are located in the Australian northeast, the Papua New Guinean east. It is about 1568 that the Solomon Islands where indigenous people lived in were discovered by a Spaniard. The U.K. declared possession of the south Solomon Islands in 1893 and got the north Solomon Islands from Germany in 1900. It passed through occupation of the Japanese armed forces of 1942 and got autonomy in 1976 and became independent as a constitutional monarchy in the Commonwealth of Nations which did British Queen Elizabeth II with the sovereign in 1978.
One kind of stamp which it drew insects on was included in normal stamps issued in 1965 by this Solomon Islands.
Five kinds of stamps which it drew butterfly were issued in 1972.
Five kinds of stamps which it drew insect were issued in 1991.
One piece of small seat consisting of four kinds of stamps which it drew an insect on and one piece of small seat consisting of one kind of stamp which it drew an insect on were issued in 2014.

British Solomon Islands
1965.5.24 Normal Stamp
Victoria Birdwing Butterfly
Ornithoptera victoriae
(Papilionidae)


1972.7.3 Insect Stamp
Brush-footed Butterfly
Cupha woodfordi
(Nymphalidae)
Cairns Birdwing Butterfly
Ornithoptera priamus urvillianus
(Papilionidae)
Cruiser Butterfly
Vindula sapor
(Nymphalidae)
Blue Mountain Swallowtail
Papilio ulysses
(Papilionidae)
Allotti Birdwing Butterfly
Ornithoptera allotti
(Papilionidae)


Solomon Islands
1991.1.16 Insect Stamp
Sweet Potato Weevil
Cylas formicarius
(Brentidae)
Melon Fly
Dacus cucurbitae
(Tephritidae)
Papua Flower Chafer
Papuana uninodis
(Scarabaeidae)
Cocoa Weevil
Pantorhytes biplagiastus
(Curculionidae)
Papua Scapanes Beetle
Scapanes australis
(Scarabaeidae)


2014.3.10 Insect Stamp
Comma Butterfly
Polygonia c-album
(Nymphalidae)
European Stag Beetle
Lucanus cervus
(Lucanidae)
White-tailed Bumble Bee
Bombus lucorum
(Anthophoridae)
Scarlet Skimmer
Crocothemis erythraea
(Libellulidae)
Blue Tiger Butterfly
Tirumala hamata
(Danaidae)


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