Robert Herbert Carcasson

Robert Herbert Carcasson (5 December 1918 , Cheltenham - 1982) was an English entomologist who specialised in butterflies

He was Director of the Natural History Museum in Nairobi from 1961-1968.

Works

*(1961). "The Acraea butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Acraeidae)". J.E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Special Supplement No 8
*(1964). A preliminary survey of the zoogeography of African butterflies. "East African Wildlife journal" 2: 122-157.
*(1968). "The Sphingidae (Hawk Moths) of Eastern Africa". Ph.D. thesis. pp.233. Nairobi: University of East Africa.
*(1975). "The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera,Papilionidae)". E.W. Classey Ltd.
*(1976). "Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species". Second edition.Faringdon, Oxen: E.W. Classey Ltd.
*(1980). "Collins Handguide to the butterflies of Africa". Collins: London

References

*Vane-Wright, R. I. 1983 [Carcasson, R. H.] "Antenna" 7(1)
*Ackery P. R., Smith C. R., and Vane-Wright R. I.eds. 1995. Carcasson's African butterflies-An Annotated Catalogue of the Papilionidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. Canberra: CSIRO.A collated edited and amplified version of Carcasson's manuscripts. Included are species, genus-group, species-group and infra-subspecific names of Afrotropical butterflies and text on hostplants, general reviews of bionomics, biology, biogeography and bibliography.