Rudolf Felder

Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 Vienna – 29 March 1871 Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He was mainly interested in Lepidoptera, amassing, with his father, Cajetan Felder a huge collection.

Works

• with Felder C.,Lepidopterologische Fragmente. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 3:390–405. (1859)
• Lepidopterorum Amboinensium a Dre L. Doleschall annis 1856 - 1868 collectorum species novae, diagnostibus collustratae. Sitzungsberichten der k. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Jahr. (1860 or 1861).
• with Felder, C and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer 'Reise de osterreichischen Fregatte Novara urn die Erde. . . .'. Zool. Theil. Vol. 2, Part 2. Lepidoptera. (Vienna.) (1865).

Plate from Felder's work Reise Fregatte Novara

References

• Schiner, J.R., 1872: Rudolph Felder. Ein Nachruf. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 22: 41-50.
• Anonym 1871: [Felder, R.] Petites Nouv. Ent. 1(30):122
• Gilbert, P. 2000: Butterfly Collectors and Painters. Four centuries of colour plates from The Library Collections of The Natural History Museum, London. - Singapore, Beaumont Publishing Pte Ltd.