Fritz Ludwig Otto Wichgraf (born 9 May 1853) 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 ...

. Wichgraf's

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James John Joicey James John Joicey FES (28 December 1870 – 10 March 1932) was an English amateur entomologist, who assembled an extensive collection of Lepidoptera in his private research museum, called the Hill Museum, in Witley, Surrey. His ...

. His collections of ''

Acraea Acraea (Ancient Greek: means 'of the heights' from ''akraios'') was a name that had several uses in Greek and Roman mythology. *Acraea, the naiad daughter of the river-god Asterion near Mycenae, who together with her sisters Euboea and Prosymn ...

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Lasiocampidae The Lasiocampidae are a family of moths also known as eggars, tent caterpillars, snout moths (although this also refers to the Pyralidae), or lappet moths. Over 2,000 species occur worldwide, and probably not all have been named or studied. It i ...

and

Bombycidae The Bombycidae are a family of moths. The best-known species is ''Bombyx mori'' (Linnaeus) or silkworm, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is ''Bombyx mandarina'', also native to Asia. Taxonomy Th ...

are in the

Natural History Museum, London The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum an ...

. *Wichgraf, F. (1909) Beschreibung neuer Formen der Gattung Acraea F. aus Rhodesia, Mashunaland und Angola. ''Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 53:240-247. *Wichgraf, F. (1911) Einige neue afrikanische Lepidopteren. ''Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 5:173-175. *Wichgraf, F. (1913) Eine neue athiopische Limacodide und anders. ''Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 7:9-10; 13-14; 21-22. *Wichgraf, F. (1914) Neues aus der afrikanischen Lepidopteren-Fauna. ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitung'' 1914:345-353. *Wichgraf, F. (1918) Neue afrikanische Lepidopteren. ''Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 12:26-30. *Wichgraf, F. (1921) Neue afrikanische Lepidopteren aus der Ertlschen Sammlung. ''Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 14:171-172; 179-180; 195-197.
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References

*Hesselbart, G., Oorschot, H. van and Wagener, S., 1995 Die Tagfalter der Türkei unter Berücksichtigung der angrenzenden Länder. - Bocholt, Selbstverlag S. Wagener 1-3 : 1-754; 758-1354; 1-847, 141 Taf.(z.T. farbig); 342 Karten German lepidopterists 1853 births Year of death missing {{Germany-biologist-stub