Yuri Petrovich Korshunov
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Yuri Petrovich Korshunov ' onMouseout='HidePop("47330")' href="/topics/Novosibirsk">Novosibirsk
— 1 August 2002, Novosibirsk) was a Russian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera
.
Korshunov was a scientific worker of the Zoological Museum in the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals http://www.sbras.nsc.ru/consult/novosibirsk.htm(Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
).
He wrote Butterflies of the Western Siberian Plain. A key (1985), A catalogue of Rhopalocera (Lepidoptera) of the USSR (1972), The Butterflies of Asian part of Russia (1995, co-author P. Gorbunov), Butterflies of the Urals, Siberia and Far East. Key and annotations (2000), parts of the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation
and many other works.He was a Member of the Russian Entomological Society
.
Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...
— 1 August 2002, Novosibirsk) was a Russian 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...
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Korshunov was a scientific worker of the Zoological Museum in the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals http://www.sbras.nsc.ru/consult/novosibirsk.htm(Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
).
He wrote Butterflies of the Western Siberian Plain. A key (1985), A catalogue of Rhopalocera (Lepidoptera) of the USSR (1972), The Butterflies of Asian part of Russia (1995, co-author P. Gorbunov), Butterflies of the Urals, Siberia and Far East. Key and annotations (2000), parts of the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation
Red Data Book of the Russian Federation
Red Data Book of the Russian Federation , also known as Red Book or Russian Red Data Book is a state document established for documenting rare and endangered species of animals, plants and fungi, as well as some local subspecies that exist within the territory of the Russian Federation and its...
and many other works.He was a Member of the Russian Entomological Society
Russian Entomological Society
The Russian Entomological Society is a Russian scientific society devoted to entomology.The Society was founded in 1859 in St. Petersburg by Karl Ernst von Baer , Johann Friedrich von Brandt who was then the director of the Zoological Museum of the Russian Academy of Science , Ya. A...
.
External links
- In Memoriam site Very extensive.Bibliography etc.