Adalbert Seitz [SEP] place of birth
Adalbert Seitz
Adalbert Seitz, full name Friedrich Joseph Adalbert Seitz, (24 February 1860 in Mainz – 5 March 1938 in Darmstadt) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.
Early in his career he studied butterflies in Brazil, and was later a director of the Frankfurt Zoo.
He was the editor of "Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde" (The Macrolepidoptera of the World). This is a sixteen-volume work with four supplements published in German, French, and English. For details see
Isles" Full text and plates of Series One and Series One. The plates are superior to those of later editions.
- Adalbert Seitz Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 4 Geometrae Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Spinner und Schwärmer, 1912–1913 in English translationonline
- Adalbert Seitz Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart BHL All Palearctic volumes (in English) and plates.
Other languages. Accounts of species are often more complete on
- (German language)