Karl Schawerda

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Karl Schawerda (born February 4, 1869 in Újezd , † September 11, 1945 in Vienna ) was an Austrian doctor and lepidopterologist .

Life

Schawerda spent most of his childhood and youth in Schottenfeld and graduated from the local high school in 1888. In 1894 he received his doctorate as a doctor universae medicinae . He then worked in the general hospital on the wards for internal medicine , surgery , gynecology and laryngology as well as in the St. Anna Children's Hospital . As a general practitioner, he specialized in gynecology and obstetrics. During the First World War Schawerda received the "Cross of Merit with the crown on the ribbon of the medal of bravery " and the " Medal of Honor from the Red Cross with the war decoration". He was later appointed to the Medical Council and soon after to the Senior Medical Council. Parallel to his medical activities, he was intensively involved in lepidopterology and undertook various entomological collecting trips. He published many works in specialist journals, including faunistic works and a description of the forms of the plantain bear ( Parasemia plantaginis ), a species with which he was particularly interested.

Fonts (selection)

Schawerda wrote a total of 125 papers on entomological topics. These include twelve supplements on the lepidopteran fauna of Bosnia and Herzegovina and seven articles on its lepidopteran yield from the high mountains of Corsica . He also created a variety of other faunistic works as well as shape descriptions, for example:

  • Lepidopterological collection results from the Piestingtale and its heights , negotiations of the Imperial and Royal Zoological and Botanical Society in Vienna, 1907, pp. 43–99
  • Reports on lepidopterological collecting trips in Bosnia and Herzegovina , negotiations of the Imperial-Royal Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, 1908, pp. 85–126
  • About the Lepidoptera fauna of the southwestern corner of Lower Austria , negotiations of the Imperial-Royal Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, 1913, pp. 83-173
  • The forms of Coenonympha arcania L. and Coenonympha satyrion Esp. , Negotiations of the Imperial-Royal Zoological-Botanical Society in Vienna, 1916, pp. 111–142
  • About Baptria tibiale Esp. and a new form , Mitteilungen der Münchener Entomologische Gesellschaft, 1920, pp. 31-33
  • The Apollo from the Kaiser Mountains , communications from the Munich Entomological Society, 1921, p. 3/4
  • On the question of the occurrence of Gonepteryx Cleopatra L. in Dalmatia , Zeitschrift der Wiener Entomologische Gesellschaft 47, 1925, pp. 83-85
  • About Erebia stirius God. var. trinsensis Sterzl , Entomologische Rundschau, Stuttgart, 1939, pp. 217-218
  • Collection result from Warasdin-Teplitz , Entomological Journal Frankfurt am Main, 1941, pp. 261–264

Taxa named after Schawerda (selection)

Several species and subspecies of butterflies were named in honor of Schawerda. This includes:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Anonymi ("Sch. U. R.", the latter probably Hans Reisser): Dr. Karl Schawerda † , Journal of the Vienna Entomological Society, 30th year, 1946, pp. 53–59.
  2. ↑ Karl Schawerda: About the forms of Parasemia plantaginis L. , annual report of the Vienna Entomological Association, 1906, pp. 61–81

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personal data
SURNAME Schawerda, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schawerda, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian entomologist and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Újezd
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1945
Place of death Vienna