Jeane Daniel Gunder
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Jeane Daniel Gunder was an American entomologist who specialised in butterflies.
Gunder described 212 taxa of butterflies mostly races
and forms. In 1937 having lost his income in the economic depression
he sold his collection of 28,000 specimens to the American Museum of Natural History
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Gunder described 212 taxa of butterflies mostly races
Race (biology)
In biology, races are distinct genetically divergent populations within the same species with relatively small morphological and genetic differences. The populations can be described as ecological races if they arise from adaptation to different local habitats or geographic races when they are...
and forms. In 1937 having lost his income in the economic depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
he sold his collection of 28,000 specimens to the American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History , located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world...
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Works
Partial list- North American Institutions Featuring Lepidoptera, 1929-30.First published as parts in Entomological News and then as a bound volume.
- The genus EuphydryasEuphydryasEuphydryas is a genus of Nymphalidae butterfly.-Species:Euphydryas species-group:* Euphydryas phaeton – Baltimore CheckerspotHypodryas species-group:...
Scud. of boreal America (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 6(1): 1-8, 16 pls. (Jul 1929). - 1930. Butterflies of Los Angeles County, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science 29(2): 39-95, pls. 18-23.