Created this page to list out all the full names of taxonomists who worked on Indian butterflies. Reason is to help link the names correctly in the taxo boxes as well as to help other people who are working on the pages to get an easy reference to the names of the taxonomists.
Also see List of zoologists by author abbreviation.
A
edit- Alph=Alphéraky [[Sergei Nikolaevich Alphéraky|Alphéraky]]
- Atk=Atkinson [[William Stephen Atkinson|Atkinson]]
- Avinoff [[Andrey Avinoff|Avinoff]]
B
edit- Bates [[Henry Walter Bates|Bates]]
- Berio [[Emilio Berio|Berio]]
- Bdv=Boisduval [[Jean Baptiste Boisduval|Boisduval]]
- But=Butler [[Arthur Gardiner Butler|Butler]]
- BB = Bethune Baker G.T. Bethune Baker
- Blanch = Blanchard [[Émile Blanchard|Blanchard]]
- Brem = Bremer.
C
edit- Cr=Cramer [[Pieter Cramer|Cramer]]
- Chp = Chapman.
- Curtis = John Curtis (1791-1862) [[John Curtis (entomologist)|John Curtis]]
D
edit- Dal = Dalman.
- DeN = de Nicéville [[Lionel de Nicéville|de Nicéville]]
- Diakanoff [[Alexey Diakonoff|Diakanoff]]
- Dist = Distant[[William Lucas Distant|Distant]]
- Doh = William Doherty [[William Doherty|Doherty]].
- Db=Doubleday [[Henry Doubleday|Doubleday]] His brother Edward also exists. So from DoubleDay I cant tell a thing until I do more research.
- Dry=Drury [[Dru Drury|Drury]]
E
edit- El=Elwes [[Henry John Elwes|Elwes]]
- Esp=Esper [[Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper|Esper]]
- Evans [[W. H. Evans|Evans]]
- Evers=Eversman [[Eduard Aleksandrovich Eversman|Eversman]]
- Ed=Edwards.
F
edit- Fabricius [[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]]
- Fd=C. Felder (1814-1894) [[Cajetan Freiherr von Felder|C. Felder]]
- R. Felder (1842–1871) [[Rudolf Felder|R. Felder]]
- G. Forster (1754-1794) [[Georg Forster|G. Forster]]
- R. Forster (1729-1789) [[Johann Reinhold Forster|R. Forster]]
- Fruh=Fruhstorfer [[Hans Fruhstorfer|Fruhstorfer]] http://www.lepidopterology.com/almanac/fruhst.htm
G
edit- Gaede [[Max Gaede|Gaede]]
- Godart [[Jean Baptiste Godart|Godart]]
- Guérin [[Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville|Guérin]]
- GrS = Grose Smith.
- GG = Groum Groumshailo.
- G= Godman.
- Guenée [[Achille Guenée|Guenée]]
H
edit- Herrich-Schäffer [[Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer|Herrich-Schäffer]]
- Hew=Hewitson [[William Chapman Hewitson|Hewitson]]
- Holland [[William Jacob Holland|Holland]]
- Hope [[Frederick William Hope|Hope]]
- Hub=Hübner [[Jacob Hübner|Hübner]]
J
edit- Joh = Johansen.
- Jord = Karl Jordan. [[Karl Jordan|Jordan]]
K
edit- Koll = Kollar.[[Vincenze Kollar|Kollar]]
L
edit- Lat=Latreille [[Pierre Latreille|Latreille]]
- Leech [[John Henry Leech|Leech]]
- L=Linnaeus [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]]
- Led = Ledererer.
M
edit- M=Moore [[Frederic Moore|Moore]]
- Men = Menetries.
- Mab = Mabille.
O
edit- Ob=Oberthür [[Charles Oberthür|Oberthür]]
- Ormiston = W. Ormiston
P
edit- Pl = Plotz.
- Prout [[Louis Beethoven Prout|Prout]]
R
edit- Ril = Riley
- Roth = Rothschild
- Rottemberg = [[S. A. von Rottemburg|Rottemberg]]
S
edit- Saalmüller [[Max Saalmüller|Saalmüller]]
- Salvin [[Osbert Salvin|Salvin]]
- Stoll [[Caspar_Stoll|Stoll]]
- Stg = Staudinger [[Otto Staudinger|Staudinger]]
- Swin = Swinhoe [[Charles Swinhoe|Swinhoe]]
- S=Salvin
T
edit- Tyt = Tytler
- Tox = Toxopeus [[Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus|Toxopeus]]
V
edit- Viette = Pierre Viette [[Pierre Viette]]
W
edit- Wallace [[Alfred Russel Wallace|Wallace]]
- Wd=Westwood [[John Obadiah Westwood|Westwood]]
- WM=Wood-Mason [[James Wood-Mason|Wood-Mason]]
more
editHistorical Lepidopterists (alphabetical by surnames, first and middles names as initials only) A. Bang-Haas, W. Bartlett Calvert, E. Blanchard, C. Buckley, W. P. Comstock, W. Dierl, P. Dognin, M. Draudt, H. H. Druce, H. G. Dyar, W. H. Edwards, A. H. Fassl, E. Feyer, A. Fournier, E. Frivaldsky, J. Godart, F. Godman, T. Gaujon, R. Hensch, L. Higgins, E. Hoffman, E. Huntington, J. J. Joicey, H. G. Karsten, F. Kasy, P. Köhler, M. Lödl, W. C. MacIntyre, A. Maria, M. de Mathan, E. Ménétriés, M. Moss, E. Newman, L. Perkins, A. E. Pratt, H. Rebel, N. Riley, R. F. H. Rosenberg, W. Schaus, B. Schwanswitch, S. Scudder, A. Seitz, O. Staudinger, E. Strand, H. Strecker, G. E. Tite, E. Ureta, R. Wagenknecht, G. F. von Waldheim
list from Evans. some are in the list above. Those that arent will soon be linked and put there