Carl Heinrich Michael Ribbe (November 16, 1860,

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- August 27, 1934, Radebeul

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) was a German

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and entomologist. Carl Ribbe was an insect dealer in Berlin. He travelled widely in the

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, exploring

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, the

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, Ceram,

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, Key Island, Wumba-Inseln, the Bismarck Archipelago,

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and " New Pomerania" (New Guinea). He also collected in

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and Southern

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. His private collection of

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is in the Natural History Museum in Dresden. Ribbe described many new species of butterflies, including '' Graphium weiskei''. He also collected and sold ethnographic material :de:Ethnologisches Museum and published an ethnographical travelogue of his time in Solomon Islands. Carl followed the profession of his father, also entomologist, Heinrich Ribbe.

Journal articles

partial list *Ribbe, C., 1894. Reise nach Bougainville. ''Globus'' 66:133-136 *Ribbe, C., 1899. Beiträge zur Lepidopteran-Fauna des Bismarck- und Salomo-Archipels in Süd-See. ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft Iris zu Dresden 12: 219-260 *Ribbe, C., 1900. ''Neue Lepidopteren aus Neu-Guinea'' Insekten-Börse 17 (39): 308, (42): 329–330, (44): 346 *Ribbe, C., 1900. Neue Lepidopteren aus der Süd-See und einige Bemerkungen. ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' herausgegeben von der Gesellschaft Iris zu Dresden 12 (2): 407–409. *Ribbe, C., 1900. Zwei Jahre auf den Salomoninseln. ''Verein fur Erdkunde zu Metz'', Jahresbericht 22:84-104. *Ribbe, C., 1901. Neue Lepidopteren von Ceram. Niederlandisch-Ostindien. ''Deut. ent. Zeit.'' ris13: 334-337 1 pl. *Ribbe, C., 1904. Die Entdeckungsgeschichte der Salomons-Inseln und uber die fruheren und jetzigen Bewonhner dieser Inseln. ''Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Berlin, Zeitschrift'': 241. *Ribbe, C., 1907. Zwei neue Papilioformen von der Salomo-Insel Bougainville. ''Deut. ent. Zeit.'' ris20: 59–63, pls 4,5. *Ribbe, C., 1914. Die Salomons-inseln und ihre Bewohner. ''Kolonie und Heimat'' 36: 4. *Ribbe, C., 1926. Neue Lycaenenformen hauptsächlich von Celebes. ''Ent. Mitt.'' 15: 78–91.

Books

* ''Zwei Jahre unter den Kannibalen der Salomo-Inseln: Reiseerlebnisse und Schilderungen von Land und Leuten''. Dresden-Blasewitz: Elbgau-Buchdruckerei, Hermann Beyer, 1903. * ''Ein Sammelaufenthalt in Neu-Lauenburg (Duke of York im Bismarckarchipel)''. Dresden: Buchdruckerei der Wilhelm und Bertha v. Baensch Stiftung, 1910–1912. * ''Unter dem südlichen Kreuz: Reisebilder aus Melanesien''. Dresden: Deutsche Buchwerkstätten, 1924. * ''Anleitung zum sammeln in tropischen Ländern''. Stuttgart, A. Kernen, 1931.

References

*Horn, Walther (H. R.) 1934: ibbe, C. jun. ''Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem'' 1(4). *Ribbe, C. 1903, Zwei Jahre unter den Kannibalen der Salomo-Inseln. Druck un Verlag der Elbgau-Buchdruckerei *Ribbe family private archive

External links

* German lepidopterists 1860 births 1934 deaths {{entomologist-stub