About Karl Vorbrodt
Lived 1864 – 1932 (aged 67–68). Karl Vorbrodt was a Swiss entomologist and lepidopterist.
Karl Vorbrodt, or Carl, (1865, Wabern - 1932, Morcote) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and microlepidoptera.
Vorbrodt published fauna studies, revisions and descriptions of new species in Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft. Together with Johann Müller-Rutz he wrote Die Schmetterlinge der Schweiz (Butterflies of Switzerland) Bern K.J. Wyss, 1911-1914. His collection of Palearctic Lepidoptera is in the Natural History Museum of Bern.
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Who was Karl Vorbrodt?
Swiss entomologist (1864–1932)
When was Karl Vorbrodt born?
Karl Vorbrodt was born in 1864 in Zurich.
When did Karl Vorbrodt die?
Karl Vorbrodt died in 1932 in Lugano.
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Karl Vorbrodt was an entomologist and lepidopterist.
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Karl Vorbrodt was Swiss.
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