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* Anonym 1924: [Merrifield, F.] ''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'' (3) 60 156.
* Anonym 1924: [Merrifield, F.] ''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'' (3) 60 156.


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Frederick Merrifield (1831 -28 May 1924, Brighton) was an English entomologist.

Merrifield was a London attorney.An expert on Lepidoptera he was especially interested in the effect of temperature on the colour and patterning of butterflies, rearing larvae and pupae in controlled temperature incubators and recording the effect on the colouration of adults.Examples of his very many scientific papers on this subject are (1890). Systematic temperature experiments on some Lepidoptera in all their stages· Trans. Entomol. Soc. London, 131-59 and (1891). Conspicuous effects on the markings and colouring of Lepidoptera caused by exposure of the pupae to different temperature conditions.Trans. Entomol. Soc. London, 155-67.

He was President of the Royal Entomological Society (1905-1906)

References

  • Anonym 1924: [Merrifield, F.] Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (3) 60 156.