Friedrich Thurau (1843–1913) was a German
entomologist
Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...
.
He specialised in
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
. His collection of Palearctic lepidoptera is in
Museum für Naturkunde
The Natural History Museum () is a natural history museum located in Berlin, Germany. It exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history and in such domain it is one of three major museums in Germany alongside Naturm ...
in Berlin.
Works
partial list
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Colias nastes
''Colias nastes'', the Labrador sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. In Europe, it is found in the north of Norway and Sweden and on rare occasions in northern Finland. It is also found in North America, specifically in Alaska, Canada, ...
'' Bsd. var. ''werdandi'' Zett. und ihre Aberratione. ''Berl. ent. Z.'' 48, pp.
13-116*Neue Rhopaloceren aus Ost Afrika. Ergebnisse der Nyassa-See-un Kenya-Gebirgs-Expedition der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann-Wentzel-Stiftung ''Berl. ent. Z''. 48 : 117-143 (1903).
*Neue Lepidopteren aus Ost- und Central-Afrika, im Königl. zoologischen Museum zu ''Berlin Berl. ent. Z.'' 48 : 301-314 (1903)
''Berl. ent. Z.'' online
References
* Groll, E. K. (Hrsg.): Biografien der Entomologen der Welt : Datenbank. Version 4.15 : Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, 201
German lepidopterists
1843 births
1914 deaths
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