Friedrich Wilhelm Niepelt (10 November 1862 in Striegau – 26 May 1936) was a German entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. Niepelt was an insect dealer in Zirlau (located near Świebodzice).Natural History Museum Niepelt; Wilhelm (1862-1936); Entomologist and Natural History dealer He is commemorated with insects having the specific epithet of niepeltiana,Globus Insects Online niepeltiana Strand, 1914 an example being Phragmatobia niepeltiana, a moth species circumscribed by Embrik Strand in 1919.Acerbia - Nic.funet.fi Phragmatobia niepeltiana
Publications Very partial list (examples) Neue südamerikanische Papilionen - Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 52(4), pp. [208- 210, 2 figs.] (1907) Neue paläarktische Macrolepidopteren. Int. Ent. Ztg., Bd. 5, No. 58, S. 274-275 (1911). parts of 'Lepidoptera Niepeltiana'. (By E. Strand.) Vol. 1.(1914).OCLC WorldCat Lepidoptera Niepeltiana Ein neuer Papilio von Halmaheira. Znt. Entomol. Z. 18, 69-70 (1924). Neue exotische Rhopaloceren. Internat. Entomol. Zeitschr. 21(7): 49-53 (1927). Neue papuanische Papilio (Troides)- Formen. Int. Entomol. Z. 28(7): 69-72 (1934).Biologie.uni Ulm bibliography
His collection is in the Museum of Natural History Wroclaw University.Biol.uni Wroclaw Contents
References Horn, Walther (H. R.), 1936 [Niepelt, F. W.] Arb. morph. taxon. Ent. Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin 3 (4):300 Strand, E., 1938 Festschrift. Riga