Eduard Honrath

Eduard Gustav Honrath (11 August 1837, in Coblenz – 19 April 1893, in Berlin) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera, particularly Parnassius.

Butterfly illustrations by Eduard Honrath

Eduard Honrath
Born	Eduard Gustav Honrath 11 August 1837 Coblenz
Died	19 April 1893(1893-04-19) (aged 55) Berlin
Occupation(s)	Entomologist, art dealer

Honrath was a well-known art dealer in Berlin. Among his entomological achievements, he described Parnassius graeseri (1885) (now Parnassius bremeri graeseri (a subspecies), Parnassius stenosemus and Papilio neumoegeni (both 1890) in the Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. He was a member of the Entomological Society of Berlin, and its president for many years.

References

• Benezit Dictionary of Artists (in French, Bénézit Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs) Éditions Gründ, Paris.(1911).
• Anonym 1893 [Honrath, E. G.] Insektenbörse 10: 81.
• Dönitz, W. (1893). "Nekrolog: Ed. G. Honrath". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift (in German). 39 (2): 319–320. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18940390216.
• Elwes, H. J. (1893). "Annual Meeting, January 17, 1894: The President's Address". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London: lvii.

External links

• portrait, further references.