Hamilton Herbert Charles James Druce (26 October 1866 – 21 June 1922) was an English

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

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ...

and to a lesser extent

Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

. He is not to be confused with his father, the English entomologist Herbert Druce (1846–1913) who also worked on

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 ...

. H. H. Druce was a

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of the

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and of the Entomological Society of London. The H. H. Druce collection was sold to James John Joicey and is now in the

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in London.

Selected works

*Druce, H. H., 1890 Descriptions of twelve new species of Lycaenidae from West Africa and one from the Solomon Islands in the collection of Herbert Druce. ''

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'' (6)24–31. *Druce, H. H., 1891. On the Lycaenidae of the Solomon Islands. '' Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.'' pp. 357–372, 2 pls. *Druce, H. H., 1891 Descriptions of some new Genera and Species of West-African Lycaenidae ''

'' (6) 7 (40) : 364–367 *Druce, H. H., 1892. A list of the Lycaenidae of the South Pacific Islands east of the Solomon Group. ''Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.'' pp. 434–446, 1 pl. *Druce, H. H., 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae, ''Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.'' 1895: 556–267, 4 pls. *Druce, H. H., 1897. Descriptions of four new species of Lycaenidae from the Eastern Archipelago. '' Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' (6)19: 14–16. *Druce, H. H., 1902. On some new and little-known butterflies of the family Lycaenidae from the African, Australian and Oriental Regions. ''Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.'' (II)(1): 112–121, pls. 11,12. *Druce, H. H., 1904. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from Borneo and New Guinea. ''Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.'' (7)13: 140–142. *Druce, H. H. and Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1893. A monograph of the butterflies of the genus Thysonotis. ''Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.'' 3 536–552, pls. 45–47. *Druce, H.H. 1905. Descriptions of some new species of diurnal lepidoptera, collected by Mr. Harold Cookson, in Northern Rhodesia ctually in the Democratic Republic of Congoin 1903 and 1904. ''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London'' 1905:251–262. Plate XII

*Druce, H.H., 1909 On some new and little-known Hesperiidae from tropical west Africa. ''Proceedings of the

'' 1909:406–413. *Druce, H.H., 1910 Descriptions of new Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae from tropical West Africa. ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' 1910:356–378.

References

*Musgrave, A., ''Bibliography of Australian Entomology'' 1775–1930 Sydney, 1932.

External links

ULM
Partial Bibliography
African Butterfly Database
List of H.H. Druce publications on African butterflies {{DEFAULTSORT:Druce, Hamilton Herbert English lepidopterists 1866 births 1922 deaths Fellows of the Zoological Society of London 19th-century English scientists 20th-century English scientists