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).
[1] He is commemorated with insects having the specific epithet of niepeltiana,[2] an example being Phragmatobia niepeltiana, a moth species circumscribed by Embrik Strand in 1919.
[3] Very partial list (examples) His collection is in the Museum of Natural History Wroclaw University.
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