Heinrich Riffarth
German lepidopterist and photographer
About Heinrich Riffarth
Lived 1860 – 1908 (aged 47–48). Heinrich Riffarth was a German entomologist, lepidopterist, photographer, printer and entrepreneur.
Heinrich H. Riffarth (1860 – 21 January 1908) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
He was an entrepreneur. The Riffarth collection of Heliconiidae was sold to James John Joicey, his Agrias specimens were sold to the Natural History Museum at Tring. The remaining exotic butterflies went to Hermann Rolle.
Works Publications include: Riffarth, H. 1901 Die Gattung Heliconius Latr.: Neu bearbeitet und Beschreibung neuer Formen. Berl. Entomol. Zeit. 46, 25–183. with Hans Stichel Das Tierreich 22 : Lepidoptera, Heliconiidae. Berlin : Friedländer, 1905.
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German lepidopterist and photographer (1860-1908)
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Heinrich Riffarth was born in 1860.
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Heinrich Riffarth died on 21 January 1908.
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Heinrich Riffarth was an entomologist, lepidopterist, photographer, printer and entrepreneur.
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Heinrich Riffarth was German.
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