William Henry Miskin
William Henry Miskin (1842 – 1913) was an English entomologist.
Born at Guildford, England, William Henry Miskin moved to Victoria, Australia at age 9 and later to Brisbane. He started collecting butterflies as a boy. He published numerous taxonomic papers on Lepidoptera from 1874 to 1892, including a description of Coscinocera hercules. In 1891 he published the Synonymical Catalogue of Butterflies of Australia. His collection and library were purchased by the Queensland Museum.
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