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Heinrich H. Riffarth (1860 – 21 January 1908) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

He was an entrepreneur. The Riffarth collection of Heliconiidae was sold to James John Joicey , his Agrias specimens were sold to the Natural History Museum at Tring. the remaining exotic butterflies went to Hermann Rolle.

Works

Publications include:

  • Riffarth, H. 1901 Die Gattung Heliconius Latr.: Neu bearbeitet und Beschreibung neuer Formen. Berl. Entomol. Zeit. 46, 25–183.
  • with Hans Stichel Das Tierreich 22 : Lepidoptera, Heliconiidae. Berlin : Friedländer, 1905.

References

  • Gaedecke, R. and Groll, E. K. (Hrsg.): Biografien der Entomologen der Welt : Datenbank. Version 4.15 : Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, 2010 [1]
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