Jan Sepp (1778–1853)
was a Dutch
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 ...
.
He is noted for ''Surinaamsche vlinders: naar het leven geteekend (Papillons de Surinam dessinés d'après nature)'', a three volume work containing approximately 150 entomological illustrations of
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 ...
together with their verbal descriptions,
for which he contributed the texts.
His zoological author abbreviation is Sepp.
See also the
list of taxa named by him.
Other publications
(1847) Natuurlijke historie van Surinaamsche vlinders : naar het leven geteekend / Histoire naturelle des papillons de Surinam(1850) Natuurlijke historie van schadelijke insekten(1800-) Flora Batava, afgebeeld door en van wegens J.C. Sepp en zoon
with his father, Jan Christiaan Sepp.
Gallery
Sepp-Surinaamsche vlinders - pl 008 plate Thecla baeton.jpg, Pl.8 '' Papilio baeton''
Sepp-Surinaamsche vlinders - pl 054 plate Lophocampa sesia.jpg, Pl.54 '' Phalaena sesia''
Sepp-Surinaamsche vlinders - pl 058 plate Polythrix octomaculata.jpg, Pl.58 '' Hesperia octomaculata''
References
External links
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Dutch entomologists
1778 births
1853 deaths