
George Thomas Bethune-Baker (20 July 1857, in
Birmingham
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– 1 December 1944, in
Eastbourne) was an English
entomologist who specialised in
Lepidoptera, especially those in the family
Lycaenidae of butterflies.
His collection is partly in the
Museum of Zoology Cambridge University and partly in the
Natural History Museum,
London
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.
Works
Partial list.
See Wikispecies (below) for fuller list.
*Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1903 On new Species of Lycaenidae from West Africa ''
Annals and Magazine of Natural History
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'' (7) 12 : 324–334
*Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1908 Descriptions of new species of butterflies of the division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea. ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1908:110–126.
*Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1908 Descriptions of new Rhopalocera from the Upper Congo. ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' (8)469–482.
*Bethune-Baker,G. T. 1910 A revision of the African species of ''Lycaenesthes'' group of the Lycaenidae ''
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond.'' 1910 : 1–84, pl. 1–13.
*Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1923 A monograph of the genus Catochrysops Boisduval (Auctorum). ''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London'' 1922:275–366
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Bethune-Baker was a fellow of the
Royal Entomological Society and president 1913–1914.
References
* Cockayne, E. A. 1945
ethune-Baker, G. T. ''Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London'' (C), London
* Turner, H. J. 1945
ethune-Baker, G. T.''The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation'' 57 35–36.
* Wainwright, C. J. et al. 1945
ethune-Baker, G. T.''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'' (3) 81 48.
English lepidopterists
1944 deaths
Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society
1857 births
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