Siegmund Adrian von Rottemburg (28 April 1745 – 1797) 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 ...

in the 18th century. Little is known about him by scientific historians. In the 1770s he took over

Johann Siegfried Hufnagel Johann Siegfried Hufnagel (17 October 1724, Uckerfelde, Falkenwalde, Prenzlau district, Brandenburg – 23 February 1795, Langenfeld, Sternberg district) was a German parson and entomologist (lepidopterist). Life Until the late 20th century nothing ...

's lepidopterological collection and published several works about it in ''

Der Naturforscher ''Der Naturforscher'' ( "The Naturalist") was a German scientific publication of the Enlightenment devoted to natural history. It was published yearly from 1774 to 1804, by J. J. Gebauers Witwe and Joh. Jac. Gebauer at Halle and edited first ...

''. He described several species: *'' Paranthrene tabaniformis'' (dusky clearwing) *''

Hyles gallii ''Hyles gallii'', the bedstraw hawk-moth or galium sphinx, is a moth of the family Sphingidae. The species was first described by S. A. von Rottemburg in 1775. Similar species *'' Hyles dahlii'' (Geyer, 1827) *''Hyles euphorbiae'' (Linnaeus, 1 ...

'' (bedstraw hawk-moth) *''

Thymelicus acteon The Lulworth skipper (''Thymelicus acteon'') is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Its name is derived from Lulworth Cove in the county of Dorset, England, where the first specimens in Great Britain were collected in 1832 by English natural ...

'' (Lulworth skipper) *'' Lycaena alciphron'' (purple-shot copper) *'' Polyommatus semiargus'' (Mazarine blue) *''

Polyommatus icarus The common blue butterfly or European common blue (''Polyommatus icarus'') is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and subfamily Polyommatinae. The butterfly is found throughout the Palearctic. Butterflies in the Polyommatinae are collectively c ...

'' (common blue) *''

Polyommatus bellargus The Adonis blue (''Lysandra bellargus'', also known as ''Polyommatus bellargus'') is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It inhabits the Palearctic realm (Western Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Southern Russia, Iraq, Iran, Caucasus, T ...

'' (Adonis blue) *''

Brenthis ino ''Brenthis ino'', the lesser marbled fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Subspecies * ''B. i. ino'' in Europe * ''B. i. achasis'' (Fruhstorfer, 1907) * ''B. i. acrita'' (Fruhstorfer, 1907) * ''B. i. adalberti'' (Fruhstorfer, 19 ...

'' (lesser marbled fritillary) *''

Euphydryas aurinia The marsh fritillary (''Euphydryas aurinia'') is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Commonly distributed in the Palearctic region, the marsh fritillary's common name derives from one of its several habitats, marshland. The prolonged larval s ...

'' (marsh fritillary) *''

Melitaea athalia The heath fritillary (''Melitaea athalia'') is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout the Palaearctic from western Europe to Japan, in heathland, grassland, and in coppiced woodland. Its association with coppiced woodland ...

'' (heath fritillary) *''

Hyponephele lycaon ''Hyponephele lycaon'', the dusky meadow brown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.

'' (dusky meadow brown)

Works

*Rottemburg, S. A. von (1775a): Anmerkungen zu den Hufnagelischen Tabellen der Schmetterlinge. Erste Abtheilung. – Der Naturforscher, 6: 1-34. *Rottemburg, S. A. von (1775b): Anmerkungen zu den Hufnagelischen Tabellen der Schmetterlinge. Zweyte Abtheilung. – Der Naturforscher, 7: 105-112. *Rottemburg, S. A. von (1776a): Anmerkungen zu den Hufnagelischen Tabellen der Schmetterlinge. Der dritten Abtheilung erste Classe. – Der Naturforscher, 8: 101-111. *Rottemburg, S. A. von (1776b): Anmerkungen zu den Hufnagelischen Tabellen der Schmetterlinge. Der dritten Abtheilung zwote Classe. – Der Naturforscher, 9: 111-144. *Rottemburg, S. A. von (1777): Anmerkungen zu den Hufnagelischen Tabellen der Schmetterlinge. Der dritten Abtheilung dritte Classe. – Der Naturforscher, 11: 63-91. German lepidopterists 1745 births 1797 deaths People from Żary County {{entomologist-stub