Rudolf Felder
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Rudolf Felder was an Austria
n jurist
and entomologist. He was mainly interested in Lepidoptera
, amassing, with his father, Cajetan Felder
a huge collection.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n jurist
Jurist
A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...
and entomologist. He was 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...
, amassing, with his father, Cajetan Felder
Cajetan Freiherr von Felder
Baron Cajetan von Felder, German: Cajetan Freiherr von Felder was an Austrian jurist, politician, and entomologist...
a huge collection.
Works
- with Felder C.Cajetan Freiherr von FelderBaron Cajetan von Felder, German: Cajetan Freiherr von Felder was an Austrian jurist, politician, and entomologist...
,Lepidopterologische Fragmente. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 3:390–405. (1859)
- Lepidopterorum Amboinensium a Dre L. Doleschall annis 1856 - 1868 collectorum species novae, diagnostibus collustratae. Sitzungsberichten der k. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Jahr. (1860 or 1861).
- with Felder, C and Alois Friedrich RogenhoferAlois Friedrich RogenhoferAlois Friedrich Rogenhofer was an Austrian entomologist. He was a curator at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, where he was the first keeper of the Lepidoptera. Rogenhofer was mainly interested in Lepidoptera, and Hymenoptera.Beside him Josef Mann worked as a keen technician and collector...
Reise de osterreichischen Fregatte Novara urn die Erde. . . .'. Zool. Theil. Vol. 2, Part 2. Lepidoptera. (Vienna.) (1865).
Sources
- Schiner, J.R., 1872: Rudolph Felder. Ein Nachruf. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 22: 41-50.
- Anonym 1871: [Felder, R.] Petites Nouv. Ent. 1(30):122
- Gilbert, P. 2000: Butterfly Collectors and Painters. Four centuries of colour plates from The Library Collections of The Natural History Museum, London. - Singapore, Beaumont Publishing Pte Ltd.