Carl Friedrich August Alexander Crüger (26 February 1813,

Fürstenberg Fürstenberg (also Fuerstenberg and Furstenberg) may refer to: Historical states * Fürstenberg-Baar, county (1441–1559) * Fürstenberg-Blumberg, county (1559–1614) * Fürstenberg-Donaueschingen, county (1617–1698) * Fürstenberg-Fürsten ...

- 21 May 1885,

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

) 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 ...

who specialised in

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

. His collection of world Lepidoptera is in the Biozentrum Grindel und Zoologisches Museu

Works

*1876 Ueber Schmetterlinge von Guayaquil. ''Verhandlungen des Vereins für naturwissenschaftliche Unterhaltung zu Hamburg'' 2: 129-131. *with J. B. Capronnier 1876 Notice sur les époques d'apparition des lépidoptères du Brésil recueillis p. M. C. Van Volxem dans son voyage en 1872. ''Annales de la soc.entom. de Belgique'' Tom. XVII., 1874. p. 5-39. *Verhandlungen des Vereins für naturwissenschaftliche Unterhaltung zu Hamburg 2: 132-135. eview*1879. Ueber exotische Lepidopteren (1877). ''Verhandlungen des Vereins für naturwissenschaftliche Unterhaltung zu Hamburg'' 4: 192-198. *1881. Catalogue of the coll. of diurnal lepidoptera formed by the late

William Chapman Hewitson William Chapman Hewitson (9 January 1806, in Newcastle upon Tyne – 28 May 1878, in Oatlands Park, Surrey) was a British naturalist. A wealthy collector, Hewitson was particularly devoted to Coleoptera (beetles) and Lepidoptera (butterflies ...

, of Oatlands, Walton on Thames, and bequeathed by him to the B. M.; By W. F.Kirby, assistant naturalist in the Dublin mus. of Science and art (printed for private circulation). London J. v.Voorst, 1879, 4o, 246 ps. ''Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift'' 25(2): 105-118 (December) eneral; review*1882. Exotische Lepidopteren. ''Verhandlungen des Vereins für naturwissenschaftliche Unterhaltung zu Hamburg'' 5(6):85 *1878. Ueber Schmetterlinge von Wladiwostok. ''Verh. Ver. naturw. Unterhalt. Hamburg'' 3: 128-133.includes description of

Luehdorfia ''Luehdorfia'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Papilionidae. It contains the following species: * '' Luehdorfia chinensis'' – Chinese luehdorfia * ''Luehdorfia japonica The Japanese luehdorfia (''Luehdorfia japonica'') is a sp ...

References

*Weidner, H. 1967: Geschichte der Entomologie in Hamburg. ''Abh. Verh. Naturwiss. Ver. Hamburg'', N. F. 9(Suppl.) 5-387, zahlr. Fig. 187 *Weidner, H. 1993: ruger, C. F. A. A. ''Mitt. Hamburg. Zool. Mus. Inst''. 90 {{DEFAULTSORT:Cruger, Carl Friedrich August Alexander German lepidopterists 1813 births 1885 deaths People from Holzminden (district) 19th-century German zoologists