Otto Vasilievich Bremer was a Russia

Russia

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n naturalist

Natural history

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 and entomologist.

He wrote Neue Lepidopteren aus Ost-Sibirien und dem Amur

Amur

The Amur or Heilong Jiang is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China .-Course:...

 Lande, gesammelt von Radde

Gustav Radde

Gustav Ferdinand Richard Radde was a German naturalist and explorer.Radde was born in Danzig, the son of a schoolmaster. He had little formal education, and began a career as an apothecary...

 und Maack, beschrieben von Otto Bremer. Bull. Sci. Acad. Sci. St.Petersbourg, 3(7): 461-496 (1861) and Lepidopteren Ost-Sibiriens (East Siberia

Siberia

Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...

), insbesondere der Amur-Landes, gesammelt von den Herren G.Radde, R.Maack und P.Wulfius. Mem. de l'Acad. imp. des Sci. St.-Petersbourg, 7 ser., 8(1): 103 p (1864).

Bremer's collection is in the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Science in St. Petersburg where he lived.

He is credited as an authority on many insect

Insect

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s, including the Large Skipper

Large Skipper

The Large Skipper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family, which occurs throughout Europe. It was long known as Ochlodes venata, but this is a Far Eastern relative. There is still some dispute whether this species should be considered a distinct species or included in O...

 butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

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