Christian Friedrich Freyer (1794 - 1885) — Auction price
Lot 207 FREYER, Christian Friedrich (1794-1885)
Christian Friedrich Freyer (1794 - 1885) 
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Christian Friedrich Freyer
25.08.1794 - 11.11.1885
Christian Friedrich Freyer was a German entomologist.
According to contemporaries, Freyer was a venturesome and tireless collector of scales. He studied and first described 245 species of butterflies, including 193 species of nocturnal moths and 52 species of day butterflies. Freyer's importance as a field entomologist becomes evident from his work Die Falter um Augsburg ("Butterflies in the vicinity of Augsburg"). In it he lists 1,091 species. Freyer also created an international network between renowned European entomologists and involved them in his work.
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Date: 12.07.2023 00:00 UTC +01:00
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