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Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717) [1] was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator.She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly.
Frederick Albert Urquhart CM (December 13, 1911 – November 3, 2002) was a Canadian zoologist and professor of zoology who studied the migration of monarch butterflies, Danaus plexippus L. [1] [2] Together with his wife, Norah Roden Urquhart CM, he identified their migration routes, discovered that the migration spans multiple generations of butterflies, and found their wintering place in ...
A Lepidoptera specimen drawer in a museum collection in Poland Another Lepidoptera specimen drawer in a museum collection in Poland. Lepidopterology (from Ancient Greek λεπίδος (lepídos) 'scale' πτερόν (pterón) 'wing' and -λογία [1]) is a branch of entomology concerning the scientific study of moths and the two superfamilies of butterflies.
Edwards discovered many examples of polymorphism among butterflies in North America and showed that temperature was one environmental factor that influenced polymorphic species. [ 2 ] By 1865 Edwards had begun work on the Butterflies of North America , a three-volume masterpiece that has been called "one of the most important entomological ...
Margaret Elizabeth Fountaine (16 May 1862 – 21 April 1940), [1] was a Victorian lepidopterist (a person interested in butterflies and moths), natural history illustrator, diarist, and traveller who published in The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation. [2]
The wing on the left is typical of a male Lexias pardalis butterfly, and the wing on the right is typical of Rare half-male, half-female butterfly discovered Skip to main content
Eleanor Glanville had been interested in butterfly collecting as a youth, [2] but she began developing a more serious pursuit of this after her marriage with Richard broke down. [1] She recruited her servants' help in collecting insects, paying well for specimens as long as they were carefully preserved according to instruction and delivered in ...
The wing on the left is typical of a male Lexias pardalis butterfly, and the wing on the right is typical of Rare half-male, half-female butterfly discovered Skip to main content