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Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius

Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius rather than just read about it. In short: Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (15 January 1843 – 20 July 1928) was a Swedish entomologist. Life Christopher Aurivillius was born at Forsa, Sweden.

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Reference excerpt

Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (15 January 1843 – 20 July 1928) was a Swedish entomologist.

Life Christopher Aurivillius was born at Forsa, Sweden. He was the director of the Natural History Museum in Stockholm and he specialised in Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. He was, for a long time, the secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science . His brother was the zoologist Carl Wilhelm Samuel Aurivillius (1854–1899) and his son the zoologist Sven Magnus Aurivillius (1892–1928). He was the author of Part 39 Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae (1912) and Parts 73 and 74. Cerambycidae: Lamiinae (1922, 1923) in: S. Schenkling (ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. W. Junk, Berlin, 1000 + pages. Also Rhopalocera Aethiopica (1898), major contributions to Adalbert Seitz's Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde Band 13: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die afrikanischen Tagfalter, 1925 and many papers on the Lepidoptera of Africa and Über sekundäre Geschlechtscharaktere nordischer Tagfalter Stockholm (1880). In 1922, he discovered the beetle Ozineus dimidiatus which is part of the family Cerambycidae.

Aurivillius was also the permanent secretary of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1901 to 1923.

Papers on African Lepidoptera Aurivillius, 1893 "Diagnosen neuer lepidopteren aus Afrika" Entomologisk Tidskrift 14: 199–214 ———, 1894 "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfaun von Kamerun. 2. Tagfalter" Entomologisk Tidskrift. 15: 273–314 ———, 1898 "Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika" Entomologisk Tidskriftr. 19: 177–186 ———, 1898 "Neue Nymphaliden aus dem Congogebiete Öfvers" K. Vetensk Akad. Förh. Stockh. 54: 279–286 ———, 1901 "Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika" Entomologisk Tidskrift. 22: 113–128

References

Anthony Musgrave (1932). Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775–1930, With Biographical Notes on Authors and Collectors, Royal Zoological Society of News South Wales (Sydney): viii + 380.

External links BHL Digital version of Rhopalocera Aethiopica (1898) PDF Digital version of Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae (1912) African Butterfly Database Complete list of Aurivillius' publications on African butterflies.

Illustrations

Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius illustration

Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius: Plate from Nordischer Tagfalter — Plate from Nordischer Tagfalter

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In the classroom: Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1843 births, 1928 deaths, 19th-century Swedish zoologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in simple terms?

Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius (15 January 1843 – 20 July 1928) was a Swedish entomologist. Life Christopher Aurivillius was born at Forsa, Sweden.

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