John Henry LeechJohn Henry Leech (5 December 1862- 29 December 1900, Salisbury

Salisbury

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 was an English

England

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 entomologist who specialised 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...

 and Coleoptera.

His collections from China

China

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 , Japan

Japan

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 and Kashmir

Kashmir

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 are in the Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum

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 , London.These contain also insects from Morocco

Morocco

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, the Canary Islands

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 and Madeira

Madeira

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.

He wrote British Pyralides (1886) and Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea, three volumes (1892-1894).

He was a Fellow

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 of the Linnean Society and of the Entomological Society of London, a Member of the Societe Entomologique de France

Société entomologique de France

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, and of the Entomological Society of Berlin (Entomologischen Verein zu Berlin).

External links

• NHM Manuscript Collection.
• Internet Archive Catalogue of the collection of palaearctic butterflies formed by the late John Henry Leech, and presented to the trustees of the British Museum by his mother, Mrs. Eliza Leech (1902) British Museum (Natural History.
• Internet Archive Leech, John Henry On Lepidoptera Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea (1897?])