Emilio Turati
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Emilio Turati is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
. He is not to be confused with Ernesto Turati and Gianfranco Turati.
Count
Count
A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
Emilio Turati wrote 67 scientific papers mainly on the Lepidoptera of Italy and the Mediterranean area.He described many new taxa.Turati was a friend of Attilio Fiori
Attilio Fiori
Attilio Fiori was an Italianentomologist who studied Lepidoptera.He wrote 1930 Lepidotteri di Rodi Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital., Vol. IX. 1930, pp. 196–214.with Emilio Turati....
.His collection is shared between the Turin Museum of Natural History
Turin Museum of Natural History
The Turin Museum of Natural History was established in 1978 to house the natural history collections of the University of Turin and other collections of naturali history, originated from specific research campaigns and donations...
, Tyrolean State Museum
Tyrolean State Museum
The Tyrolean State Museum in Innsbruck is also known as the Ferdinandeum after Archduke Ferdinand and was founded in 1823 by the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum Society ....
and the Natural History Museum London
Natural History Museum
The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...
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