Nikolay Grigoryevich Yershov
Encyclopedia
Nikolaj Grigor'jevitsch Erschov, also spelled Erschoff (b. 23 April 1837, Moscow
; d. 12 March 1896, Saint Petersburg
) was a Russia
n entomologist mainly interested in Lepidoptera
.
Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. 12: 336-348.
For works in Russian see http://jugan2.narod.ru/erschov.html
Moscow
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; d. 12 March 1896, Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
) was a Russia
Russia
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n entomologist mainly interested 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...
.
Works
- 1868. Für die St.-Petersburger Fauna neue Schmetterlinge.Тр. Рус. энтомол. о-ва, т. 5, с. 97-99.
- 1872. Diagnoses de quelques especes nouvelles de Lépidoptères appartenant a la faune de la Russiae Asiatique Horae Soc. Entomol. Ross. 8: 315-318.
- as Erschow, N.G. 1874. Lepidopteren von Turkestan: Stett. ent. Ztg., 35: 386-417.
- 1877. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus den verschiedenen Provinzen des Russischen Reiches.
Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. 12: 336-348.
- 1885. Verzeichniss von Schmetterlingen aus Central Sibirien. Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères, 2: 208-211.
- 1892. Verzeichniss von Schmetterlingen aus Central Sibirien. Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères, VI: 670-672, pl. XVI.
For works in Russian see http://jugan2.narod.ru/erschov.html
Collection
Erschov's insect collection is in the Zoological Collection of the Russian Academy of ScienceZoological Collection of the Russian Academy of Science
The Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science is a Russian museum devoted to zoology. It is located in Saint Petersburg, on Universitetskaya Embankment. It's one of the ten largest nature history museums in the world....