Lepidopterology

80-year-old butterfly collection from Kibbutz Glil Yam, with Esther Melamed

"The Butterfly Hunter" ( Carl Spitzweg 1840, Museum Wiesbaden )

The lepidopterology or butterfly customer ( Greek Lepiš (genitive lepídos ), dandruff ', and Greek. Pteron , wings' and -logie ) is a branch of Entomology (Entomology), and thus the Zoology . She is engaged in research on butterflies .

Famous lepidopterists

• Jean Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval (1799–1879)
• Eugen Johann Christoph Esper (1742–1810)
• Johann Christian Fabricius (1745–1808)
• Margaret Fountaine (1862-1940)
• Christian Friedrich Freyer (1794–1885)
• Jacob Huebner (1761-1826)
• Friedhelm Nippel (1944–1993)
• Rudolf Püngeler (1857–1927)
• Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868–1937)

See also

Portal: Butterflies  - Overview of Wikipedia content on butterflies

Web links

Wiktionary: Lepidopterologie  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• The Lepidopterists' Society (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Duden: Lepidopterologie , accessed September 20, 2017.
2. ↑ Lepidopterology. enzyklo.de, accessed on September 20, 2017 .