- Walter Karl Johann Roepke
Walter Karl Johann Roepke (Hohensalza ,
1882 –1961 ,Wageningen ) was a Germanentomologist who specialised inLepidoptera andColeoptera Roepke was educated in the
University of Berlin and theUniversity of Zürich where he took his Ph.Dr’s degree in 1907. From 1908-1911 he was on the staff of the Experiment Station atSalatiga , inJava becoming Acting Diector in 1911-12 and Director from 1912-18 .From 1918-19 he was Entomologist at the Institute for Plant Diseases,Buitenzorg and from 1919 he was Professor at the Agricultural College, Wageningen. He retired in 1953.Roepke was the author of entomological papers on the butterflies of Java, and
Indomalaya and described many newtaxa .His collection of Hesperidae from Indomalaya is in
Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in LeidenReferences
*Howard, L. O. 1930: History of applied Entomology (Somewhat Anecdotal).Smiths. Miscell. Coll. 84 X+1-564.
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