Arthur Gardiner Butler
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Arthur Gardiner Butler (born 27 June 1844 in Beckenham
, Kent
- died 28 May 1925 in Beckenham, Kent, 28 May 1925) was an English
entomologist, arachnologist
and ornithologist
. He worked at the British Museum
working on the taxonomy
of bird
s, insect
s, and spider
s.
He also published articles on spiders of Australia
, Galapagos, of Madagascar
, etc.
Beckenham
Beckenham is a town in the London Borough of Bromley, England. It is located 8.4 miles south east of Charing Cross and 1.75 miles west of Bromley town...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
- died 28 May 1925 in Beckenham, Kent, 28 May 1925) was an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
entomologist, arachnologist
Arachnology
Arachnology is the scientific study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen, collectively called arachnids. However, the study of ticks and mites is sometimes not included in arachnology, but is called Acarology...
and ornithologist
Ornithology
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and the aesthetic appeal of birds...
. He worked at the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
working on the taxonomy
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...
of bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s, insect
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
s, and spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
s.
He also published articles on spiders of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Galapagos, of Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
, etc.
Entomology
- Catalogue of diurnal lepidoptera of the family Satyridae in the collection of the British Museum (1868)
- Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera Described by Fabricius in the Collection of the British Museum (1870)
- Lepidoptera Exotica, or, Descriptions and illustrations of exotic lepidoptera (1869-1874)
- Tropical Butterflies and Moths (1873)
- Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of New Zealand (1874)
- The butterflies of Malacca (1879).
- with Herbert DruceHerbert DruceHerbert Druce, FLS was a British entomologist.His collections were acquired by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin before being bequeathed to the Natural History Museum, London....
(1846-1913), Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera from Costa Rica. Cistula entomologica, 1 : 95–118 (1872).
Ornithology
- Foreign birds for cage and aviary , Order Passeres... (1896-1897) illustrated by Frederick William FrohawkFrederick William FrohawkFrederick William Frohawk was an English zoological artist and lepidopterist.Frohawk was the author of Natural History of British Butterflies , The Complete Book of British Butterflies and Varieties of British Butterflies .Frohawk was born at Brisley Hall, East Dereham, Norfolk, the son of a...
(1861-1946) - British Birds’ Eggs: a handbook of British oölogy
External links
- NDSU biographical information
- Internet Archive has digital copies of several works by Gardiner Butler.