Frederic Moore

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Frederic Moore FZS (May 13, 1830–May 10, 1907) was a British entomologist.

A watercolour plate by Robert Templeton with notes by Frederic Moore on the left margin

Moore was an assistant curator in the East India Company Museum, London. He continued until the museum was disbanded in 1879. He wrote the Lepidoptera indica (1890–1913), a major work on the butterflies of the South Asia in 12 volumes, which was completed after his death by Charles Swinhoe. Many species of butterfly were named by him.

"Moore entered the doors of entomology by way of his artistic abilities. Dr. T. Horsfield (1777–1859), long associated with the East India Museum, required someone capable of doing natural history drawings and, through an introduction, Frederic Moore obtained the post. Thus began a lifetime association with Indian Lepidoptera"^[1]

Moore was an associate of the Linnean Society of London, a member of the Entomological Society of London, a corresponding member of the Entomological Society of Stettin and of the Entomological Society of the Netherlands. His other works included A catalogue of the birds in the museum of the East-India Company (1854–58, with Thomas Horsfield) and The Lepidoptera of Ceylon (1880–87).

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^ 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.