Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe

Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe (1868 – ), was an English entomologist, colourist and illustrator.

Along with her sisters, she began her career as a colourist for her father's ornithological books, contributing to the 103 lithographs in Richard Bowdler Sharpe and Claude Wyatt’s Monograph of the Hirundinidaeor Family of Swallows when she was 16.

[1] As an entomologist, she wrote A Monograph of the genus Teracolus (Lepidoptera) and many scientific articles, including the description of new species of butterflies brought back by collectors.

[4][5] She undertook freelance work in entomology, mounting insects for Frederick Selous and checking proofs for H.W.

[7] She was employed by the Entomology Department of London's Natural History Museum between 1916 and 1925.