- Hans Fruhstorfer
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birth_date =March 7 ,1866
birth_place =Passau ,Germany
death_date =April 9 ,1922
death_place =Munich ,Germany
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nationality = German
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fields =Entomology &Malacology
workplaces = Private collection
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known_for = Butterfly taxonomy
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footnotes =Hans Fruhstorfer (
March 7 ,1866 Passau ,Germany —April 9 ,1922 inMunich ) was a tireless German explorer, insect trader andentomologist who specialised inLepidoptera . He collected and described many new species of exotic butterflies, especially in Seitz's "Macrolepidoptera of the World".Fruhstorfer's collections are deposited at the
Natural History Museum (BMNH) in London and theMuséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, as well as in other museums.Fruhstorfer died in Munich on April 9, 1922, following a failed operation for
cancer .Works
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*Verzeichnis der von mir in Tonkin, Annam und Siam gesammelten Nymphaliden und Besprechung verwandter Formen. "Wien. ent. Ztg." 25: 307-362, pls. 1,2. (1906)
*Family Pieridae, in Seitz (ed.) "Macrolepidoptera of the world" 9: 119-190, pls. Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart. (1910)
*Family Lycaenidae, in Seitz (ed.) "Macrolepidoptera of the world" 9: 803-901, pls. (part) Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart. (1915-1924)External links
* [http://www.lepidopterology.com/almanac/fruhst.htm Lepidopterology Biography]
* [http://www.satyrus.net/ref_db/story.php?id=202 BRD]References
*"The Entomologist", by Royal Entomological Society of London, British Trust for Entomology 1922 - Page 144 [http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC07322611&id=GPUKAAAAIAAJ&q=Hans+Fruhstorfer&dq=Hans+Fruhstorfer&ie=ISO-8859-1 Google books]
* Lamas, Gerardo. A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+). "Entomofauna", 26 6): 57-100.
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