Friedrich Wilhelm Niepelt (10 November 1862 in Striegau – 26 May 1936) was a German entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. Niepelt was an insect dealer in Zirlau (located near Świebodzice).^[1] He is commemorated with insects having the specific epithet of niepeltiana,^[2] an example being Phragmatobia niepeltiana, a moth species circumscribed by Embrik Strand in 1919.^[3]

Publications

Very partial list (examples)

Neue südamerikanische Papilionen - Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 52(4), pp. [208- 210, 2 figs.] (1907)
Neue paläarktische Macrolepidopteren. Int. Ent. Ztg., Bd. 5, No. 58, S. 274-275 (1911).
parts of 'Lepidoptera Niepeltiana'. (By E. Strand.) Vol. 1.(1914).^[4]
Ein neuer Papilio von Halmaheira. Znt. Entomol. Z. 18, 69-70 (1924).
Neue exotische Rhopaloceren. Internat. Entomol. Zeitschr. 21(7): 49-53 (1927).
Neue papuanische Papilio (Troides)- Formen. Int. Entomol. Z. 28(7): 69-72 (1934).^[5]

His collection is in the Museum of Natural History Wroclaw University.^[6]

References

Horn, Walther (H. R.), 1936 [Niepelt, F. W.] Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin 3 (4):300
Strand, E., 1938 Festschrift. Riga

^ Natural History Museum Niepelt; Wilhelm (1862-1936); Entomologist and Natural History dealer
^ Globus Insects Online Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine niepeltiana Strand, 1914
^ Acerbia - Nic.funet.fi Phragmatobia niepeltiana
^ OCLC WorldCat Lepidoptera Niepeltiana
^ Biologie.uni Ulm Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine bibliography
^ Biol.uni Wroclaw Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine Contents

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