Christopher Ward was an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 entomologist who specialised in butterflies.

He wrote African Lepidoptera, being descriptions of new species. London, Longmans, Green & Co. (1873-1875 ?).This quarto

Quarto

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 work is in 3 parts, has 16 pages and 18 plates 12 of which are handcoloured. It is based on two papers Ward had previously published in the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine

Entomologist's Monthly Magazine

The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine is a British entomological journal, first published in 1864. The journal publishes original papers and notes on all orders of insects and terrestrial arthropods from any part of the world, specialising in groups other than Lepidoptera.Although its name would...

. These were Descriptions of new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera From Madagascar and Descriptions of new species of African Diurnal Lepidoptera (butterflies in this last work are figured in Part 3 of African Lepidoptera but the text is omitted). This very well illustrated work and rare is important for the knowledge of the East African butterfly fauna as it contains the descriptions of 55 new species chiefly from Madagascar

Madagascar

The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

, the Cameroons

Cameroons

British Cameroons was a British Mandate territory in West Africa, now divided between Nigeria and Cameroon.The area of present-day Cameroon was claimed by Germany as a protectorate during the "Scramble for Africa" at the end of the 19th century...

, Old Calabar and Ribé

Ribe

Ribe , the oldest extant Danish town, is in southwest Jutland and has a population of 8,192 . Until 1 January 2007, it was the seat of both the surrounding municipality, and county...

 (EastAfrica).
The now extinct Seychelles Parakeet

Seychelles Parakeet

The Seychelles Parakeet occurred in the Indian ocean islands of the Seychelles group. It resembled the Alexandrine Parakeet but was smaller and lacked the pink colour in its collar...

, Psittacula wardi was named in his honour.

Ward was a Fellow

Fellow

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 of the Linnean Society. His collection is in Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

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 except the
types

Holotype

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 which were sold to Charles Oberthur

Charles Oberthür

Charles Oberthür was a French entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera. He was the son of François-Charles Oberthür.Oberthür named 42 new genera of moths -Works:...

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