Howard Maxwell Peebles (7 March 1872 – 15 November 1944)''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995'' was an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

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

butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

. The Peebles family owned the A. M. Peebles & Sons

Rishton Rishton is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about west of Clayton-le-Moors and north east of Blackburn. It was an urban district from about 1894 to 1974. The population at the census of 2011 was 6,625. History Its ...

paper mill A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt, ...

. He was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

and was in the 1890 Harrow School

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

XI. Peebles wrote Peebles, H.M. and Schmassmann, W. Description of the female of '' Troides allotei'' Rothschild. ''

Novitates Zoologicae ''Novitates Zoologicae: A Journal of Zoology in Connection With the Tring Museum'' was a British scientific journal devoted to systematic zoology. It was edited by Lionel Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, ...

'' 24:26-27 (1917) and Bryk, F. & Peebles, H.M. 1932. New Papilionidae (Lep.) ''Miteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft'' 3: 10.(1932). He purchased parts of the

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 ...

collection in the 1930s. The

Parnassius ''Parnassius'' is a genus of northern circumpolar and montane (alpine and Himalayan) butterflies usually known as Apollos or snow Apollos. They can vary in colour and form significantly based on their altitude. They also show an adaptation to h ...

are now in the

Ulster Museum The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres (90,000 sq. ft.) of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasure ...

(purchased from Harrow school which holds the rest of his collection). Peebles was a Fellow of the

Royal Entomological Society of London The Royal Entomological Society is devoted to the study of insects. Its aims are to disseminate information about insects and improving communication between entomologists. The society was founded in 1833 as the Entomological Society of London ...

. Felix Bryk named the butterfly ''

Parnassius acdestis ''Parnassius acdestis'' is a high-altitude butterfly found in India. It is a member of the genus ''Parnassius'' of the swallowtail family, Papilionidae. The species was first described by Grigory Grum-Grshimailo in 1891. Description Note: The ...

peeblesi'' (Bryk, 1932) for him.

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Holotype A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to have been used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several ...

of ''Parnassius acdestis peeblesi'' Bryk, 1932.
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Portrait. 1872 births 1944 deaths People educated at Harrow School Entomologists from London English lepidopterists Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society {{UK-entomologist-stub