death_place death_date birth_place nationality fields workplaces birth_date known_for author_abbrev_zoo article_title name
munich , germany april 9 , 1922 passau , germany german entomology & malacology private collection march 7 , 1866 butterfly taxonomy fruhstorfer hans fruhstorfer
 hans fruhstorfer
hans fruhstorfer

hans fruhstorfer -lrb- 7 march 1866 passau , germany -- 9 april 1922 in munich -rrb- was a german explorer , insect trader and entomologist who specialised in lepidoptera .
he collected and described new species of exotic butterflies , especially in seitz 's `` macrolepidoptera of the world '' .
he is best known for his work on the butterflies of java .
his career began in 1888 when he spent two years in brazil .
the expedition was financially successful and led to his becoming a professional collector .
next he spent some time in ceylon , then in 1890 he went to java for three years , visiting sumatra .
between 1895 and 1896 he collected in sulawesi , lombok and bali .
in 1899 , he went on a three-year journey to the united states , the oceania , japan , china , tonkin , annam and siam , returning via india .
following his travels , he settled in geneva where he wrote monographs based on the specimens in his extensive private collection .
many of these were incorporated into seitz .
in taxonomy he made extensive use of the structure of the male genitalia .
fruhstorfer , in these years also studied palearctic butterflies , orthoptera and botany .
no longer travelling himself , fruhstorfer employed the collectors hans sauter : de : hans sauter -lrb- entomologe -rrb- in formosa and franz werner in new guinea .
fruhstorfer 's collections are deposited at the museum für naturkunde in berlin , the natural history museum -lrb- bmnh -rrb- in london and the muséum national d'histoire naturelle in paris , as well as in many other museums .
fruhstorfer died in munich on 9 april 1922 , following a failed operation for cancer .
