Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch (29 September 1818, Düben,

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- 8 July 1889,

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) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. Kirsch was

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of entomology at the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden in Dresden. His collection is shared betwee
Upper Silesian Museum (Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiu)
in Bytom and Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden in

. He described the birdwing butterfly ''

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''.

Works

Partial list * 1865 "Beiträge zur Käferfauna von Bogotá". ''Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift''. 9: 40-104. * 1875 "Neue Käfer aus Malacca". ''Mitteilungen aus dem Koeniglichen Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden''. 1: 3-34. * 1876 "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Coleopteren-fauna von Neu Guinea". ''Mitteilungen aus dem Koeniglichen Zoologischen Museum zu Dresden''. 2: 137-161. * 187
"Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Lepidopteren-Fauna von Neu-Guinea"
*1876 "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der peruanischen Käferfauna auf Dr. Abendroth's Sammlungen basirt". ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift''. 20: 81-133. *1883 "Neue südamerikanische Käfer". ''Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift''. 27: 187-213.

References

*Anonym (1889). irsch, Th. F. W.''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine''. (3) 25 402. * Kraatz, G. (1889). irsch, Th. F. W.''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift''. 8. German lepidopterists 1818 births 1869 deaths German curators People from Torgau 19th-century German zoologists {{entomologist-stub