George Thomas Bethune-Baker (20 July 1857, in Birmingham – 1 December 1944, in Eastbourne) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera, especially those in the family Lycaenidae of butterflies.
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His collection is partly in the Museum of Zoology Cambridge University and partly in the Natural History Museum, London.
Works
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- Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1903 On new Species of Lycaenidae from West Africa Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 12 : 324–334
- Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1908 Descriptions of new species of butterflies of the division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908:110–126.
- Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1908 Descriptions of new Rhopalocera from the Upper Congo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)469–482.
- Bethune-Baker,G. T. 1910 A revision of the African species of Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910 : 1–84, pl. 1–13.
- Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1923 A monograph of the genus Catochrysops Boisduval (Auctorum). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1922:275–366. online
Bethune-Baker was a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and president 1913–1914.
References
edit- Cockayne, E. A. 1945 [Bethune-Baker, G. T.] Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London (C), London [9]
- Turner, H. J. 1945 [Bethune-Baker, G. T.] The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 57 35–36.
- Wainwright, C. J. et al. 1945 [Bethune-Baker, G. T.] Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (3) 81 48.
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