Walter Forster (12 July 1910 – 25 December 1986) was a German entomologist.

[1] Forster is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of South American lizard, Liolaemus forsteri.

[1] He also Walter Forster translated and edited the German edition of A field guide to the butterflies of Britain and Europe by Lionel George Higgins and Norman D. Riley.

In doing so, he shifted the focus of the presentation from British to general European conditions and adapted it to new taxonomic findings.

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