Brisbane Charles Somerville Warren

Brisbane Charles Somerville Warren FRES (1887, Fermoy–1979) was an Irish entomologist who specialised in Palaearctic Lepidoptera.

Warren lived in Ireland, England, Germany and Switzerland. After 1934 he settled permanently in Folkestone, Kent, England. Between 1902 and 1960 he amassed an extensive collection of Palaearctic Lepidoptera now in the Natural History Museum, London BMNH. He published 112 scientific papers, but he is best known for his Monograph on the genus Erebia (1936). He was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London and a member of Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica.

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• 1910. Some butterflies of the Black Forest and Rhine Plain. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 22: 91–93.

• 1913. Agriades thersites, its distribution and Variation in the Rhone Valley. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 25: 253–256.
• 1913. Notes on Pieris manni and other entomological subjects. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 25: 305–306.

• 1915. A note on Chrysophanidi and Polyommatus amandus. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 27: 128.

• , 1920. The Swiss species of the Genus Hesperia. The Entomologist's Record & Journal of variation, 32(3): 45-52, (4): 78-83, (5): 85-88, (6): 117-121, (7): 125-130, pl.3. Reference page. 
• 1920. Some records of, and observations on, the flying-habit of butterflies when paired. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 32: 218–223.

• 1921. Considerations on the possibility that Alpine species of butterflies are possessed of a remarkable latent faculty, exercised under peculiar circumstances in connection with the act of egg-laying. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 33: 1–7.
• 1921. On the occurrence of so-called 'type' specimens of the ♀P. napi in Alpine regions. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 33: 91–95.

• 1922. The genus Hesperia - a correction. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 34: 41–42; pl. 1.

• 1923. Six weeks among the butterflies of Eastern Switzerland. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 35: 73–79, 96–101; pl. 1.

• , 1924. A new European skipper. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 72(l/2)(Proc.): lvi-lvii 1 pl. Reference page. 

• 1925. Preliminary description of a new Spanish race of Powellia sao. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 37: 77.
• 1925. Some observations on Dr. R. Verity's recent article on palaearctic Grypocera. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 37: 128–131.

• , 1926. Monograph of the Tribe Hesperiidi (European Species) with Revised Classification of the Subfamily Hesperiinae (Palaearctic Species) Based on the Genital Armature of the Males. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 74(1): 1–167. paid PDF. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1926.tb01184.x Reference page. 

• 1927. Suggestions on nomenclature. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 39: 20–22.
• , 1927. Notes on the Spanish form of Hesperia cinarae, Röber. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 39(6): 81–82. Reference page. 

• 1928. Notes on the proposed substitution of Erebia alecto Hb. for E. nerine Frr. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 40: 129–130.
• 1928. Note on a migration of Colias croceus. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 40: 140–141.

• 1929. Stray notes on Erebiid species. The names given by L. de Prunner. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 41: 144–148.
• 1929. A note on Hesperia alveus race warrenensis Vty. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 41: 148–149.

• 1930. Melitaea wheeleri Chap. (= aurelita Frhst. and briantiea Turati) and its 2nd gen. autumnalis Turati (= postwheeleri Vty.). The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 42: 115–116.
• 1930. Stray notes on Erebiid species. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 42: 26–29.
• 1930. Stray notes on Erebiid species. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 42: 56–57.
• 1930. A definition of the Satyrid genera Erebia, Callerebia, Paralasa and Erebomorpha. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 42: 103–107.
• 1930. Stray notes on Erebiid species. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 42: 145–148.

• 1931. Papilio atratus Esp. and Satyrus stirius Godt. The Entomologist 64: 202–205.
• 1931. Melitaea varia Meyer-Dür. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 43: 6–8.
• 1931. The generic names used in Neuere Beiträge. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 43: 30–31.
• 1931. Stray notes on Erebiid species. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 43: 49–53.
• 1931. Stray notes on Erebiid species. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 43: 97–100.
• 1931. Stray notes on Erebiid species. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 43: 167–172.
• 1931. Erebia euryale und die Rasse isarica Heyne. Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift 25: 269–272.

• 1932. Erebien in den Waldkarpathen. Entomologische Zeitschrift 46: 137–139. 141–142.
• 1932. Notes on Erebiid species. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 44: 165–167.

• 1933. Notes on Erebiid species. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 45: 22–23.
• 1933. Notes on Erebiid species. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 45: 40–41.

• 1935. Notes on a new subspecies of Erebia callias. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 47: 3–4.
• 1935. Supplementary notes on the structural characteristics of Pyrgus freija (Warren, 1924). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 83: 127–129, pl. VII.

• 1936. Monograph of the genus Erebia. British Museum (Natural History), London; 407 pp., 104 pls.

• 1937. Notes on Staudinger's Erebia aethiops var. aethiopella and a recently discovered analogous form. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 49: 13–14.
• 1937. Supplementary notes on the structural characteristics of Pyrgus sibirica (Reverdin) and Pyrgus chapmani (Warren). The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 49: 41–44, pl.IV.
• 1937. On the evolution of subspecies, as demonstrated by the alternation of variability existing in the subspecies of the genus Erebia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 40: 305–323, pls. 6–7.
• 1937. On a natural hybrid in the genus Erebia. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series A 12: 4–7, pls. 1–2.

• 1938. The flying-habits of butterflies when paired. The Entomologist 71: 114–117.
• 1938. The international code of zoological nomenclature. The Entomologist 71: 133–139.
• 1938. Argynnis pales Schiff, and allied species. The Entomologist 71: 162–164.
• 1938. On the racial variability of Erebia melancholica H.-S. The Entomologist 71: 246–250.
• 1938. Nomenclature: The International code of zoological nomenclature versus private codes. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation (Suppl.) 50: [1—2], [5—6].
• 1938. Some notes on Erebia pronoë ssp. altissima Goltz. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 50: 33.

• 1939. An unrecognised race of Erebia pluto, hitherto confused with the ssp. anteborus Frhst. The Entomologist 72: 94–99.
• 1939. On the names given to Erebia species by de Prunner. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 53: 32–35.

• 1940. Some species and races of Rhopalocera described by H.C.Lang. The Entomologist 73: 132–133.
• 1940. A correction of some recently published Statements on the specific names of certain European species of Erebia. The Entomologist 73: 225–229.

• 1941. A few comments on some inconsistent criticism. The Entomologist 74: 51–53.

• 1942. A note on two well-known Corsican butterflies. The Entomologist 75: 46–47.
• 1942. A note on the desirability of precision in the use of the international rules. The Entomologist 75: 90–91.
• 1942. Genus Pandoriana gen. nov. A preliminary description. The Entomologist 75: 245–246.

• 1944. Review of the Classification of the Argynnidi: with a systematic revision of the genus Boloria. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 94: 1–101, pls. 1–46.

• 1945. Some notes on speciation in the genus Boloria. The Entomologist 78: 100–103.

• 1946. Supplementary notes on the Classification of Argynninae [with C.F. dos Passos & L.P.Grey], Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B 15: 71–73.

• 1947. Some principles of Classification in Lepidoptera, with special references to the butterflies. The Entomologist 80: 208–217, 235–241, 262–268, 280–282.

• 1948. On the race of Erebia epiphron indigenous in the British Isles. The Entomologist 81: 181–186.

• 1949. Three hitherto unrecognised European species of Erebia. The Entomologist 82: 97–104.
• 1949. A note on the central European races of Papilio machaon and their nomenclature. The Entomologist 82: 150–153.
• 1949. A note on Erebia dromulus Stgr. The Entomologist 82: 190.

• 1950. Supplementary data on problems relating to Erebiid butterflies. The Entomologist 83: 225–230.

• 1951. Biological notes on the subspecies alpica and bigenerata of Papilio machaon. The Entomologist 84: 11–16.
• 1951. Erebia semo Grum-Grshimailo: a species distinct from Erebia fasciata Butler. The Entomologist 84: 73–77.
• 1951. On a Boloria recorded from Abisko. The Entomologist 84: 169–171.
• 1951. On Pyrgus freija (Warren). The Entomologist 84: 217–220.
• 1951. Speciation in the genus Colias: with special reference to C. hyale and C. australis. Lambillionea 50 (1950): 90–98, pls.V-VI.

• 1952. A new species of Erebia from S.E. Tibet. The Entomologist 85: 17–18.
• , 1952. Pyrgus reverdini Oberthür, a European species. The Entomologist 85(2): 39-41. Reference page. 
• 1952. Comments on two recent papers on the genus Erebia. The Entomologist 85: 205–209, 230–233.

• , 1953. Three unrecognised species of Pyrgus (Lep., Hesperiidae). The Entomologist 86(4): 90–103, 18 f. Reference page. 
• 1953. Problems of speciation in the genus Erebia. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation (Suppl.) 65: [1–6], pl.

• 1954. The taxonomic value of morphological race-group characters unimpaired by overlapping variability. The Entomologist 87: 133–135.
• 1954. Erebia tyndarus Esp. and E. cassioides Rein. & Hohenw. two distinct species. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 90: 129–131.
• 1954. A note on the genitalia of Colias australis Verity. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 66: 36, pl. 1.

• 1955. A review of the Classification of the subfamily Argynninae. Part 2: Definition of the Asiatic genera. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 107: 381–392, pls. 1–4.
• 1955. Notes on the species-groups in the genus Erebia. The Entomologist 88: 28–30.
• 1955. Erebia tyndarus and allied species: the Solution of some long-outstanding problems. The Entomologist 88: 227–231, 252–259.

• 1957. A note on specific and group characteristics in the genus Erebia. The Entomologist 90: 127.
• , 1957. Hitherto overlooked anatomical data concerning the genital structures in the Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 109(12): 361-377, 3 pls. Reference page. 

• 1958. On the recognition of the species. Proc. 10th Int. Congr. Ent. 1: 111–124.
• 1958. Notes on a recent paper on Erebia tyndarus and allied species by Dr. Z. Lorkovic. The Entomologist 91: 131–144.

• 1959. On Erebia acquitania Fruhstorfer: with a note on the value of anatomical characters in this and related species. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 71: 184–190, pl. II.

• 1961. The androconial scales and their bearing on the question of speciation in the genus Pieris. Entomologisk tidskrift. 82: 121–148, pls. 1–3.
• 1961. Erebia melas carpathicola Popescu-Gorj & Alexinschi in west Transylvania. The Entomologist 94: 171–172.
• 1961. Structural characteristics of Erebia sudetica and Erebia melampus. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 73: 188–189, pl. VI.

• 1962. Some overlooked details from Hohenwarth's description of his Papilio cassioides. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 74: 53–56.

• 1963. The androconial scales in the genus Pieris. 2: The nearctic species of the napi-group. Entomologisk tidskrift. 84: 1–4, pl.
• 1963. Pieris bryoniae dubiosa Röber and notes on the Variation in the androconia of Pieris species. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 75: 125–129, pl. 3.
• 1963. Erebia pronoe vergy (Ochs.). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Mulhouse 1963: 11.

• 1965. Notes on the affinities and distribution of various Pierid species derived from a study of the androconial scales. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 77: 121–129.

• 1966. On the nature and origin of certain races of the napi-group of the genus Pieris. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 78: 57–65, pl. 2.
• 1966. Pyrgus malvae asiaeclara Vty. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 78: 173–174.
• 1966. Anatomical notes on the Satyrid genera Percnodaimon Butler and Erebiola Fereday (= Dubierebia Muschamp). In: Wise: Taxonomy of two New Zealand butterfly species. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Zoology

• 1967. Supplementary data on the androconial scales of some holarctic species of Pieris. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 79: 139–143, pls.VI-VII.

• 1968. On the nearctic species of the bryoniae- and oleracea-groups of the genus Pieris. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 80: 61–66, pl.IV.
• 1968. Some structural characteristics of Erebia inuitica Wyatt. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 80: 241–242, pl. 13.
• 1968. On an instable race of P. adalwinda, located in Scotland. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 80: 299–302.

• 1969. Notes on three little-known species of the alberganus-group of the genus Erebia. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 81: 201–204.
• 1969. On the discovery of a fourth hybrid race among the palaearctic species of the genus Pieris. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 81: 225–231, pl. VI.

• 1970. A postscript to some recent views on Pieris dubiosa Röber. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 82: 65–66, pl. II.
• 1970. On three North African species of Pieris: P. maura Vty., P. atlantica Rothsch., P. segonzaci Le Cerf. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 82: 221–230, pls. XI-XII.
• 1970. Some aspects of hybridisation and their significance. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 82: 305–313, pl. XVI.

• 1971. Incomplete development and reduction in quantity of scales occuring occasionally in specimens bred in captivity. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 83: 147–148.
• 1971. On the Persian forms of Pieris pseudorapae Vty. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 83: 365–369, pl. XIII.