Alexander Alexandrovi Jachontov
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Alexander Alexandrovich Jachontov (Александр Александрович Яхонтов; fl.
1900-1935) was a Russian
entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera
Jachontov described many new taxa mostly at the subspecies
level and wrote biogeographic works notably on the Rhopalocera of Gouvernements Vladimir
and Nizhny Novgorod
and those of the Caucasus
.
He wrote Nashi dnevnye babochki (Our Butterflies) published in Moscow in 1935
His work appears in
The species Pararge jachontovi Sheljuzhko
was named for him.
Floruit
Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1900-1935) was a Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
Jachontov described many new taxa mostly at the subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
level and wrote biogeographic works notably on the Rhopalocera of Gouvernements Vladimir
Vladimir
Vladimir is a city and the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway. Population:...
and Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
and those of the Caucasus
Caucasus
The Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
.
He wrote Nashi dnevnye babochki (Our Butterflies) published in Moscow in 1935
His work appears in
- Revue Russe d’Entomologie, Moscow
- Izvestia Moskovskogo entomologicheskogo obstshestva, Moscow
- Izvestija Kavkazskogo Museja, Tiflis
- Ent.,Mater. Pozn. Fauny Flory SSSR
The species Pararge jachontovi Sheljuzhko
Leo Andrejewitsch Sheljuzhko
Leo Andrejewitsch Sheljuzhko was a Ukrainian entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera.He wrote many scientific papers on the butterflies and moths of Central Asia and described many new taxa.-Works:...
was named for him.