Robert Herbert Carcasson

Robert Herbert Carcasson (5 December 1918, Cheltenham–1982) was an English entomologist who specialised in butterflies. He was Director of the Natural History Museum in Nairobi from 1961–1968.

Works

• (1961). The Acraea butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Acraeidae). J.E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Special Supplement No 8
• (1964). A preliminary survey of the zoogeography of African butterflies. East African Wildlife journal 2: 122-157.
• (1968). The Sphingidae (Hawk Moths) of Eastern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. pp.233. Nairobi: University of East Africa.
• (1975). The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera,Papilionidae). E. W. Classey Ltd.
• (1976). Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. Second edition.Faringdon, Oxen: E.W. Classey Ltd.
• (1980). Collins Handguide to the butterflies of Africa. Collins: London

References

• Vane-Wright, R. I. 1983 [Carcasson, R. H.] Antenna 7(1)
• Ackery P. R., Smith C. R., and Vane-Wright R. I.eds. 1995. Carcasson's African butterflies-An Annotated Catalogue of the Papilionidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. Canberra: CSIRO.

A collated edited and amplified version of Carcasson's manuscripts. Included are species, genus-group, species-group and infra-subspecific names of Afrotropical butterflies and text on hostplants, general reviews of bionomics, biology, biogeography and bibliography.