Rudolf Felder

Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 in Vienna – 29 March 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He was mainly interested in Lepidoptera, amassing, with his father, Cajetan Felder, a huge collection.

Works

• with Cajetan Felder, Lepidopterologische Fragmente. Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift 3:390–405. (1859)
• Lepidopterorum Amboinensium a Dre L. Doleschall annis 1856 - 1868 collectorum species novae, diagnostibus collustratae. Sitzungsberichten der k. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien, Jahr. (1860 or 1861).
• with Cajetan Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde. . . .. Zool. Theil. Vol. 2, Part 2. Lepidoptera. (Vienna) (1865).

Plate from Felder's work Reise Fregatte Novara

References

• Schiner, J.R., 1872: Rudolph Felder. Ein Nachruf. Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 22: 41-50.
• Anonym 1871: [Felder, R.] Petites nouvelles entomologiques. 1(30):122
• Gilbert, P. 2000: Butterfly Collectors and Painters: Four Centuries of Colour Plates from The Library Collections of The Natural History Museum, London. - Singapore, Beaumont Publishing Pte Ltd.