Curt Eisner
Encyclopedia
Curt Eisner was a German
entomologist who specialised in snow butterflies or Parnassinae. His collections of Parnassinae are in Ses Naturalis
, in Leiden, and his Ornithoptera and Morphidae
are in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
entomologist who specialised in snow butterflies or Parnassinae. His collections of Parnassinae are in Ses Naturalis
Naturalis
Naturalis is the national natural history museum of the Netherlands, based in Leiden. It originated from the merger of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie and the Rijksmuseum van Geologie en Mineralogie in 1984. In 1986 it was decided that the museum had to become a public museum and a new...
, in Leiden, and his Ornithoptera and Morphidae
Morphinae
Morphinae is a subfamily of Nymphalidae butterflies that includes the morphos, the owl butterflies and related lineages. It is either considered a sister group of the Satyrinae, or disassembled and included therein.- Systematics :...
are in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
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Selected works
- Parnassiana nova, XII. Kritische Revision der Gattung Parnassius. (Fortsetzung 8). Zoöl. Meded. Leiden 35 (4): 33—49.(1957)
- Parnassiana nova, XV. Kritische Revision der Gattung Parnassius. (Fortsetzung 10). Zoöl. Meded. Leiden 35: 177—203.(1957)
- Parnassiana nova, XXXIII. Nachträgliche Betrachtungen zu der Revision der Subfamilia Parnassiinae. (Fortsetzung 6). Zoöl. Meded. Leiden 38 (17): 281—294, Taf. XXI—XXII.(1963)
- Parnassiana nova XLIX. Die Arten und Unterarten der Baroniidae, Teinopalpidae und Parnassiidae (Lepidoptera). Zool. Verhand. Leiden 135: 1—96.(1974)
- Obituary of Felix BrykFelix BrykFelix Bryk was a Swedish anthropologist, entomologist and writer.In entomological circles Felix Bryk is best known as a lepidopterist, but he made significant anthropological...
pdf - Selected articles by Eisner for the Leiden MuseumRijksmuseum van Natuurlijke HistorieThe Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie was a museum in Leiden, The Netherlands. It was founded in 1820 by Royal Decree, formed from a merger of several existing collections. This happened at the instigation of Coenraad Jacob Temminck, who saw the museum primarily as a research institute...
including the series on Parnassiana nova http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?type=simple;c=naturalis;rgn1=entire%20record;q1=C.%20Eisner;Submit.x=0;Submit.y=0;lang=en;sort=title;cc=naturalis;view=reslist;fmt=short;page=reslist;size=10;start=1