Karl Friedrich Vieweg (also Carl; ; ) was a

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entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera In 1790 Vieweg, a

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, published ''Tabellarisches Verzeichniss der in der Churmark Brandenburg einheimischen Schmetterlinge''. Zweytes Heft. Mit drey illuminirten Kupfertafeln. 1–98, 3 plates (Vieweg, Berlin). Vieweg is an author of names published under the

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