Hermann Dewitz (5 November 1848, Obelischken,

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– 15 May 1890

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) was a

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entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera. He was "Custos" or curator of the Department of Entomology at the

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in Berlin. Dewitz was interested in world butterflies especially those of

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and

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and in 1882 he published ''Beschreibungen von Jugendstadien exotischer Lepidopteren'' (Nova acta Leopoldina Bd. 44, Nr. 2. Halle - E. Blockmann & Sohn), a work on the early stages of Lepidoptera. He also wrote a number of scientific papers on a wide variety of entomological subjects, notably a series of articles on the motion of insects on smooth vertical surfaces.

Publications

*1879
''Mittheilungen des Münchener Entomologischen Vereins''
*1881
''Afrikanische Nachtschmetterlinge''. Nova Acta Acad. Caesar. Leop. Carol. 42:

References

*Gaedecke, R. and Groll, E. K. (Hrsg.)
"Biografien der Entomologen der Welt: Datenbank. Version 4.15"
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, 2010. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dewitz, Hermann German lepidopterists 1848 births 1890 deaths People from Insterburg 19th-century German zoologists German curators