About August Rätzer
Lived 1845 – 1907 (aged 61–62). August Rätzer was a Swiss lepidopterist and entomologist.
August Rätzer or Raetzer (1845–1907) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a Parson in Solothurn.
He wrote Rätzer, 1890 Lepidopterologische Nachlese Mitt. Schweiz. ent. Ges. 8 : 220–229 in which he first described Erebia christi.
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Swiss entomologist
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August Rätzer was born in 1845.
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August Rätzer died in 1907.
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August Rätzer was a lepidopterist and entomologist.
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August Rätzer was Swiss.
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