Curt Eisner

Curt Eisner in 1974

Curt Eisner (born April 28, 1890 in Zabrze - died December 30, 1981 in The Hague) was a German entomologist who specialised in snow butterflies or Parnassinae. His collections of Parnassinae are in Naturalis, in Leiden, and his Ornithoptera and Morphidae are in the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin.

Selected works

• Parnassiana nova, XII. Kritische Revision der Gattung Parnassius. (Fortsetzung 8). Zoöl. Meded. Leiden 35 (4): 33—49.(1957)
• Parnassiana nova, XV. Kritische Revision der Gattung Parnassius. (Fortsetzung 10). Zoöl. Meded. Leiden 35: 177—203.(1957)
• Parnassiana nova, XXXIII. Nachträgliche Betrachtungen zu der Revision der Subfamilia Parnassiinae. (Fortsetzung 6). Zoöl. Meded. Leiden 38 (17): 281—294, Taf. XXI—XXII.(1963)
• Parnassiana nova XLIX. Die Arten und Unterarten der Baroniidae, Teinopalpidae und Parnassiidae (Lepidoptera). Zool. Verhand. Leiden 135: 1—96.(1974)
• Obituary of Felix Bryk pdf
• Selected articles by Eisner for the Leiden Museum including the series on Parnassiana nova and Erebia

External links

• Naturalis Repository free downloads of some Eisner papers (via search box)