Gustav Weymer (1833–1914) was a German

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 ...

. He described many new taxa of

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

from specimens collected by Alphons Stübel in South America. His own collections and those he worked on are conserved in Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin and

Naturkundemuseum Leipzig The Natural History Museum in Leipzig (german: Naturkundemuseum Leipzig) is a natural history museum in the city of Leipzig, Germany, located at the northwest corner of the Inner City Ring Road. The museum contains the insect collection of Alex ...

Works

*Weymer, G. 1878. Macrolepidopteren der Umgegend von Elberfeld. 53 p. *Weymer, G. 1885
Exotische Lepidopteren III. Beitrag zur Lepidopteren Fauna von Nias
- Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 46:257-285, pl.1-2 *Weymer, G. and Maassen P. J. 1890. ''Lepidopteren gesammelt auf einer Reise durch Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Brasilien, Argentinien und Bolivien in den Jahren 1868-1877 von Alphons Stübel''. Berlin, A. Asher & Co. xi, 182 pp., 9 pls. *Maassen & Weymer, G. W. 1869–1885. Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde. - — 1–5:1–10, pls 1–50 *Weymer, G. W. 1892
Exotische Lepidopteren VI. Aus dem Afrikanischen Faunagebiet. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 53(4–5):79–125.
*Weymer, G. 1893
Revision der ersten Gruppe der Gattung Heliconius
- Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 06: 281 — 345, pl. 4-5 *Weymer, G. W. 1896. Einige afrikanische Heteroceren. - Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 41(2):79–90. *Weymer, G. 1902
Zwei neue Tagfalter aus Neuguinea. - Entomologische Zeitschrift 16 (2)
5-6 *Weymer, G. W. 1907
Exotische Lepideptoren - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 21:1-54, pl.1-2
*Weymer, G. 1908, Kurze Notizen über die Lepidopterenfauna der Hildener Heide. – Ber. über d. Vers. Botan. und Zoolog. Ver. f. Rheinl.-Westf., S. 34-37, Bonn. *Weymer, G. W. 1909. Exotische Lepidopteren. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 22:1-35. *Weymer, G. 1912. 4 Familie: Satyridae. In Seitz, A.(ed.): ''Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde'',2, ''Exotische Fauna'', 5, Stuttgart, A Kernen

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Weymer, Gustav German lepidopterists 1833 births 1914 deaths