Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1886 in

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– 24 July 1976) was a

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and

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. Van Someren was born in Australia. He attended

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and studied zoology at

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. He was also a

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. Van Someren moved to

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in 1912 and lived in

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. He was in the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society and became Honorary Secretary. In 1930 he became

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of the Coryndon Museum. Van Someren named a number of bird and butterfly species. Species named after him include the fish '' Labeobarbus somereni''.

Works

*Bird Life in Uganda *Notes on Birds of Uganda and East Africa * with Thomas Herbert Elliot Jackson, 1952 The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex: a tentative reclassification of the group (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). ''Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London'' 103:257–284. *with Jackson, T.H.E., 1957 The Charaxes etheocles-ethalion complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Supplement No. 1. ''Annals of the Transvaal Museum'' 23:41–58. *Revisional Notes on the African

Charaxes The rajah and pasha butterflies, also known as emperors in Africa and Australia, (genus ''Charaxes'') make up the huge type genus of the brush-footed butterfly subfamily Charaxinae, or leafwing butterflies. They belong to the tribe Charaxini, ...

. Pts 1–10 (1963–1975) 652 pages 148 plates. Online at

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Parts *1963 Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part I. ''Bulletin of the British Museum'' (Natural History) (Entomology) 195–242

*1964 Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part II. ''Bulletin of the British Museum'' (Natural History) (Entomology) 181–235

*1966 Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part III. ''Bulletin of the British Museum'' (Natural History) (Entomology) 45–101

*1967 Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IV. ''Bulletin of the British Museum'' (Natural History) (Entomology) 277–316

*1969 Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part V. ''Bulletin of the British Museum'' (Natural History) (Entomology) 75–166

*1970 Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VI. ''Bulletin of the British Museum'' (Natural History) (Entomology) 197–250

*1971 Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VII. ''Bulletin of the British Museum'' (Natural History) (Entomology) 181–226

*1972 Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part VIII. ''Bulletin of the British Museum'' (Natural History) (Entomology) 215–264

*1974 Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. ''Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History'' (Entomology) 29 (8):415–487

*1975 Revisional notes on African ''Charaxes'', ''Palla'' and ''Euxanthe'' (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part X. ''Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History'' (Entomology) 32 (3):65–136

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