Julius Lederer (entomologist)
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Julius Lederer was an Austria
Austria
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n entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
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.
He travelled widely: to Andalusia
Andalusia
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 in 1849 Carinthia
Duchy of Carinthia
The Duchy of Carinthia was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. It was separated from the Duchy of Bavaria in 976, then the first newly created Imperial State beside the original German stem duchies....

 with Johann von Hornig (1819-1886) in 1853, İzmir
Izmir
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 in 1864, Magnesia
Magnesia Prefecture
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 in 1865, Amasya
Amasya
- History :Its location in this steep valley makes the city a mountain stronghold, easy to defend, and thus Amasya has had a long and prominent history.-Antiquity:...

 and Turkey
Turkey
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 in 1866, Mersin
Mersin
-Mersin today:Today, Mersin is a large city spreading out along the coast, with Turkey's second tallest skyscraper , huge hotels, an opera house, expensive real estate near the sea or up in the hills, and many other modern urban...

 and the Taurus Mountains
Taurus Mountains
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 in 1867, Lebanon
Lebanon
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 in 1868 and the Balkans
Balkans
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in 1870).

External links

  • BDHL Beitrag zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Cypern, Beirut und einem Theile Klein-Asiens Wien 1855.Scan.
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