Carl Ribbe

Carl Heinrich Michael Ribbe (November 16, 1860, Berlin - August 27, 1934, Radebeul Dresden) was a German explorer and entomologist.

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.

Carl followed the profession of his father, also entomologist, Heinrich Ribbe.