Robert Herbert Carcasson

Robert Herbert Carcasson (5 December 1918, Cheltenham – 1982) was an English entomologist who specialised in butterflies. He was Director of the Natural History Museum in Nairobi from 1961–1968.

Works

• (1961). The Acraea butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Acraeidae). J.E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. Special Supplement No 8
• (1963). The Milkweed butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera, Danaidae). J.E. Africa Nat. Hist. Soc. volume XXIV No.2 (106)
• (1964). A preliminary survey of the zoogeography of African butterflies. East African Wildlife journal 2: 122-157.
• (1968). The Sphingidae (Hawk Moths) of Eastern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. pp. 233. Nairobi: University of East Africa.
• (1975). The Swallowtail Butterflies of East Africa (Lepidoptera,Papilionidae). E. W. Classey Ltd. pdf
• (1976). Revised catalogue of the African Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of the East African species. Second edition.Faringdon, Oxen: E.W. Classey Ltd.
• (1980). Collins Handguide to the butterflies of Africa. Collins: London

References

• Vane-Wright, R. I. 1983 [Carcasson, R. H.] Antenna 7(1)
• Ackery P. R., Smith C. R., and Vane-Wright R. I.eds. 1995. Carcasson's African butterflies-An Annotated Catalogue of the Papilionidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. Canberra: CSIRO.A collated edited and amplified version of Carcasson's manuscripts. Included are species, genus-group, species-group and infra-subspecific names of Afrotropical butterflies and text on hostplants, general reviews of bionomics, biology, biogeography and bibliography.