Historical FigureMale
Hans Fruhstorfer
1866 – 1922
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryHans Fruhstorfer was a German explorer, insect and shell trader and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He collected and described new species of exotic butterflies, especially in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World. He is best known for his work on the butterflies of Java.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
March 7, 1866
Passau
Date of death
April 9, 1922
Munich
Citizenship
Germany
Occupations & fields
entomologistlepidopteristzoologistexplorertravelerbotanical collector
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