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About Carl Ribbe
- Carl Ribbe (November 16, 1860, Berlin - August 27, 1934, Dresden) was a German explorer and entomologist. Carl Ribbe was an insect dealer in Berlin.
- He travelled widely in the South Seas, exploring Celebes, the Aru Islands, Ceram, Amboina, Key Island, Wumba-Inseln, the Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Shortland Island and "New Pomerania" (New Guinea).
- He also collected in Andalusia and Southern Spain.
- His private collection of Lycaenidae is in the Natural History Museum in Dresden. Ribbe described many new species of butterflies, including Graphium weiskei.
- He also collected and sold ethnographic material de:Ethnologisches Museum and published an ethnographical travelogue of his time in Solomon Islands.
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