Rudolf Felder

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Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 Vienna- 29 March 1871 Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He was mainly interested in Lepidoptera, amassing, with his father, Cajetan Felder a huge collection.

[edit] Works

  • with Felder C.,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 Rogenhofer 'Reise de osterreichischen Fregatte Novara urn die Erde. . . .'. Zool. Theil. Vol. 2, Part 2. Lepidoptera. (Vienna.) (1865).
Plate from Felder's work Reise Fregatte Novara
Plate from Felder's work Reise Fregatte Novara

[edit] 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.


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