Yuri Korshunov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Yuri Korshunov

famous Russian lepidopterologist

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1933

Place of Birth: Iskitim, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 01-Aug-2002

Profession: lepidopterist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Yuri Petrovich Korshunov (Russian: ???? ???????? ????????; 22 September 1933, Chernorechka Village near Novosibirsk — 1 August 2002, Novosibirsk) was a Russian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. Korshunov was a scientific worker of the Zoological Museum in the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals (Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences).
He wrote Butterflies of the Western Siberian Plain.
A key (1985), A catalogue of Rhopalocera (Lepidoptera) of the USSR (1972), The Butterflies of Asian part of Russia (1995, co-author P.
Gorbunov), Butterflies of the Urals, Siberia and Far East.
Key and annotations (2000), parts of the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation and many other works.
He was a Member of the Russian Entomological Society.