Eduard Honrath

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Eduard Gustav Honrath

Eduard Gustav Honrath (11 August, 1837, Coblenz - 19 April, 1893, Berlin) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera, particularly Parnassius.

Honrath was a well-known art dealer in Berlin. Among his entomological achievements, he described Parnassius graeseri (1885) (now Parnassius bremeri graeseri (a subspecies), Parnassius stenosemus and Papilio neumoegeni (both 1890) in the Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. He was a member of the Entomological Society of Berlin, and its president for many years.

References

Benezit Dictionary of Artists (in French, Bénézit Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs) Éditions Gründ, Paris.(1911).

Anonym 1893 [Honrath, E. G.] Insektenbörse 10: 82.
Dömitz, W. (1893). "Nekrolog: Ed. G. Honrath". Berliner Entomologische Zetschrift (in German) 39: 319–320.
Elwes, H. J. (1893). "Annual Meeting, January 17, 1894: The President's Address". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London: lvii.

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Name	Honrath, Eduard
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Short description	German lepidopterist
Date of birth	1837
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Date of death	1893
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