- Carl Ribbe
Carl Ribbe (
November 16 ,1860 ,Berlin -August 27 ,1934 ,Dresden ) was a Germanexplorer andentomologist .Carl Ribbe was an insect dealer in Berlin. He travelled widely in the
South Seas , exploringCelebes theAru Islands ,Ceram ,Amboina ,Key Island ,Wumba-Inseln , theBismark Archipelago ,Solomon Islands ,Shortland Island and "New Pomerania " (New Guinea). He also collected inAndalusia and SouthernSpain . His private collction ofLycaenidae is in the Natural History Museum in Dresden.Ribbe described many new species of butterflies, including "Graphium weiskei ". He also collected and sold ethnographic material .References
*Horn, Walther (H. R.) 1934: [Ribbe, C. jun.] "Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem" 1(4).
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