Howard Maxwell Peebles (7 March 1872 – 15 November 1944)''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995'' was an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

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 ...

who 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 ...

. The Peebles family owned the A. M. Peebles & Sons

Rishton Rishton is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about west of Clayton-le-Moors and north east of Blackburn. It was an urban district from about 1894 to 1974. The population at the census of 2011 was 6,625. History It ...

paper mill A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt ...

. He was educated at

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

and was in the 1890 Harrow School

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XI. Peebles wrote Peebles, H.M. and Schmassmann, W. Description of the female of '' Troides allotei'' Rothschild. ''

Novitates Zoologicae ''Novitates Zoologicae: A Journal of Zoology in Connection With the Tring Museum'' was a British scientific journal devoted to systematic zoology. It was edited by Lionel Walter Rothschild and published between 1894 and 1948 by the Tring Museum ...

'' 24:26-27 (1917) and Bryk, F. & Peebles, H.M. 1932. New Papilionidae (Lep.) ''Miteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft'' 3: 10.(1932). He purchased parts of the

James John Joicey James John Joicey FES (28 December 1870 – 10 March 1932) was an English amateur entomologist, who assembled an extensive collection of Lepidoptera in his private research museum, called the Hill Museum, in Witley, Surrey. His ...

collection in the 1930s. The

Parnassius ''Parnassius'' is a genus of northern circumpolar and montane (alpine and Himalayan) butterflies usually known as Apollos or snow Apollos. They can vary in colour and form significantly based on their altitude. They also exhibit altitudinal mel ...

are now in the

Ulster Museum The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres (90,000 sq. ft.) of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasures ...

(purchased from Harrow school which holds the rest of his collection). Peebles was a Fellow of the

Royal Entomological Society of London The Royal Entomological Society is a learned society devoted to the study of insects. It aims to disseminate information about insects and to improve communication between entomologists. The society was founded in 1833 as the Entomological S ...

. Felix Bryk named the butterfly ''

Parnassius acdestis ''Parnassius acdestis'' is a high-altitude butterfly found in India. It is a member of the genus ''Parnassius'' of the swallowtail family, Papilionidae. The species was first described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1891. Description Note: The w ...

peeblesi'' (Bryk, 1932) for him.

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Holotype A holotype (Latin: ''holotypus'') is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of s ...

of ''Parnassius acdestis peeblesi'' Bryk, 1932.
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Portrait. 1872 births 1944 deaths People educated at Harrow School Entomologists from London English lepidopterists Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society {{UK-entomologist-stub