Charles Golding Barrett (5 May 1836,

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– 11 December 1904,

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) was an English entomologist who specialised in

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...

. He wrote ''The Lepidoptera of the British Islands: A Descriptive Account of the Families, Genera, and Species Indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland, Their Preparatory States, Habits, and Localities''. London: L. Reeve, 1893–1907. Golding Barrett was responsible for the naming of two new

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of moths.Natural History Museum, London
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References

*Anonymous, 1905: arrett, C. G.''The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation'' 17 26 *Anonymous, 1905
Barrett, C. G.
''Entomologist'' 38:32. *Salmon, M. A. 2000: ''The Aurelian Legacy: British Butterflies and their Collectors''. Martins, Great Horkesley: Harley Books: 1-432 171–172, Portr.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barrett, Charles Golding English lepidopterists 1836 births 1904 deaths