Emilio Turati (27 October 1858 – 23 September 1938) was an Italian

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

who specialised in Lepidoptera. He is not to be confused with

Ernesto Turati Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...

and

Gianfranco Turati Gianfranco is a compound Italian given name, consisting of Gian- and Franco. ''Gian-'' comes from Giovanni and is used in compound names. It is closest to John or French Jean. Gianni means "God is gracious" and Franco means "Free man" or "Frenchma ...

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Emilio Turati wrote 67 scientific papers mainly on the Lepidoptera of Italy and the

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area. He described many new

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. Turati was a friend of

Attilio Fiori Attilio Fiori (18 January 1883, Catanzaro – 6 November 1958, Bologna) was an Italian entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He wrote 1930 Lepidotteri di Rodi ''Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital.'', Vol. IX. 1930, pp. 196–214.with Emilio Turati Emi ...

. His collection is shared between the

Turin Museum of Natural History The Turin Museum of Natural History (Italian: ''Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino'' or MRSN) was established in 1978 to house the natural history collections of the University of Turin and other collections of natural history, origin ...

Tyrolean State Museum The Tyrolean State Museum (german: Tiroler Landesmuseum), also known as the Ferdinandeum after Archduke Ferdinand, is located in Innsbruck, Austria. It was founded in 1823 by the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum Society (''Verein Tiroler Landes ...

and the Natural History Museum London.

References

*Beer, S., 1991 urati, E.''Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana'', Genova 69 pp. 183–185 *Conci, C.; Poggi, R., 1996 Iconography of Italian Entomologists, with essential biographical data. ''Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana'', Genova 75, S. 159-382, pp. 159–382, Portrait.

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