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Name
  
John Leech


Died
  
1900

John Henry Leech

Books
  
Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea

John Henry Leech (5 December 1862 – 29 December 1900) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.

John Henry Leech FileJohn Henry Leech Butterflies from China Japan and Corea

His collections from China, Japan and Kashmir are in the Natural History Museum, London. These also contain insects from Morocco, the Canary Islands and Madeira.

He wrote British Pyralides (1886) and Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea, three volumes (1892–1894).

He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and of the Entomological Society of London, a Member of the Societe Entomologique de France, and of the Entomological Society of Berlin (Entomologischen Verein zu Berlin).

He died at his home, Hurdcott House, near Salisbury, in 1900.

References

John Henry Leech Wikipedia