Richard South (1846 - 1932) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera He wrote A list of butterflies collected by Captain F. M. Bailey in western China, South-Eastern Tibet, and the Mishmi Hills, 1911.J. Bomb. nat. Hist. Soc 22 (3): 598-615 (1913) , The Butterflies of the British Isles Warne, London (1906) and The Moths of the British Isles Warne, London (1907) and many short scientific papers on Lepidoptera.