Leo Sheljuzhko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leo Sheljuzhko

Ukrainian-German entomologist

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1890

Place of Birth: Kiev, Ukraine

Date of Death: 22-Sep-1969

Profession: lepidopterist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Leo Andreyevich Sheljuzhko (Ukrainian: ??? ?????????? ???????, German: Leo Andrejewitsch Sheljuzhko; 14 September 1890, Kiev – 22 August 1969, Munich) was a Ukrainian-German entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera.
He wrote numerous scientific papers and books on the butterflies and moths of Central Asia, Ukraine, Far East, Caucasus in Russian, Ukrainian, German, and English, and described many new taxa.