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Atrophaneura Luchti
''Atrophaneura luchti'' is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Indonesia (Java). ''Atrophaneura luchti'' is restricted to the mountains in the far east of Java. Little is known about this species which closely resembles and may be a synonym of ''Atrophaneura priapus ''Atrophaneura priapus'', the Priapus batwing or white-head batwing, is a swallowtail butterfly found in Burma, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java. The subspecies ''A. p. hageni'' was named to honour Hermann August Hagen. It may be a full species. ''A ...''. Tsukada, E. and Nishiyama, Y. (1982). ''Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands''. Volume I Papilionidae. (transl. K. Morishita). Plapac Co. Ltd., Tokyo. 457 pp. References luchti Endemic fauna of Indonesia Butterflies of Java Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{papilionidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Karl Johann Roepke
Walter Karl Johann Roepke (18 September 1882, Kreis Hohensalza, Hohensalza – 7 February 1961, Wageningen) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. Roepke was educated in the University of Berlin and the University of Zürich where he took his PhD degree in 1907. From 1908−1911 he was on the staff of the Experiment Station at Salatiga, in Java becoming acting director in 1911−12 and director from 1912−18. From 1918−19 he was entomologist at the Institute for Plant Diseases, Buitenzorg and from 1919 he was professor at the Agricultural College, Wageningen. He retired in 1953. Roepke was the author of entomological papers on the butterflies of Java and Indomalaya; he described many new taxa. His collection of Hesperiidae from Indomalaya is in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden. References *Howard, L. O. (1930). ''History of Applied Entomology (Somewhat Anecdotal)''. Smiths. Miscell. Coll. 84 X+1-564. {{DEFAULTSORT:Roepk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |