William Chapman Hewitson

William Chapman Hewitson (1806–1878), British entomologist (Coleoptera and Lepidoptera) also interested in ornithology.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 722 taxon names authored by William Chapman Hewitson

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1852

• Hewitson, W.C. 1852–1877. Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies, selected chiefly from the collections of Saunders & Hewitson. London, van Voorst. 5 volumes. 1; 2; 3; 4; 5. Reference page. 

1862

• Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 

1863

• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 

1866

• Hewitson, W.C. [1866]. Descriptions of New Hesperidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London Series 3, Vol. 2: 479–501. BHL. Reference page. 

1867

• Hewitson, W.C. 1867-68. Descriptions of One Hundred New Species of Hesperidae Pt.1 pp.1-25; Pt.2 pp.25-56. van Voorst, London. Reference page. 

1868

• Hewitson, W. C., 1868. Descriptions of some new species of Lycaenidae. London. van Voorst, 36 pp. Reference page. 

1869

• Hewitson, W.C., 1869. Description of a New Species of (Epitola) Lycaenidae. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 6(61-72): 86. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1869-1877. Equatorial Lepidoptera Collected by Mr. Buckley, or Remarks on and descriptions of new species of butterflies collected by Mr. Buckley in Ecuador. London, van Voorst iv+96 l: 1–16 [2.xii.1869]; 2: 17–32 [15.xii.1869]; 3: 33–48 [30.xii.1869]; 4: 49–80 [10.iii.1870]; 5: 81–96 [11.iv.1877]. web, OCR. Reference page. 

1870

• Hewitson, W.C., 1870. Descriptions of New Species of Erycinidae, from Chontales, Nicaragua. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 6(61-72): 226-228. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C., 1870. Descriptions of Five New Species of diurnal Lepidoptera from Chontales, Nicaragua, and One from Minas Geraes. The Entomologist's monthly magazine. 7: 3-6 BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C., 1870. Descriptions of Twenty-two new species of Equatorial Lepidoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1870: 153-163. Reference page. 

1871

• Hewitson, W.C., 1871. New Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera from South and Central America. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1871: 165-167. BHL. Reference page. 

1872

• Hewitson, W.C., 1872. Descriptions of seven new exotic Rhopalocera. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 9: 83–86. BHL. Reference page. 

1873

• Hewitson, W. C., 1873. Descriptions of nine new Lycaenidae from the west coast of Africa. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 10: 122–125. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1873. Descriptions of six new species of Epitola from the west coast of Africa. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 10: 149–151. BHL. Reference page. 

1874

• Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of four new African butterflies. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 10: 205–206. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of new Lycaenidae from West Africa. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 11: 36 BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 22(3): 343–355. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of new Lycaenidae from South America. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 11: 104–107. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Bolivian Butterflies Collected by Mr. Buckley: 1-48. London, van Voorst. web. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1874. A list of the butterflies taken on the march to Coomassie by Lieutenant Alwin S. Bell, of the 2nd West-India Regiment, between Mansa and the River Prah, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)13: 380–383. BHL. Reference page. 

1875

• Hewitson, W. C., 1875. Descriptions of six new species of Butterflies from South America, West Africa and Borneo. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 11: 182–184. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1875. Descriptions of three new species of Lycaenidae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 12: 38–39. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C., 1875. Description of a new species of Myrina from W. Africa. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 12: 106–116. BHL. Reference page. 

1876

• Hewitson, W.C. 1876. Descriptions of four new South American Hesperidae. Entomologist’s monthly Magazine 12: 250–251. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1876. Notes on Mr. Atkinson's collection of East Indian lepidoptera, with descriptions of new species of Rhopalocera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 13: 149–152. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1876. Descriptions of twenty new Species of Hesperidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)18(106): 347–355. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1876. Descriptions of twenty-five new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)18(108): 449–457. BHL. Reference page. 

1877

• Hewitson, W.C. 1877. Descriptions of twenty-five new species of Hesperidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)19: 76–85. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C., 1877. Descriptions of twenty-three new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)20(11): 319-328. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1877. Notes on Rhopalocera from Angola with a description of a new species of Deudorix from Zanzibar. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 13: 205. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1877. Notes on Mr. Buxton's eastern butterflies, with description of a new species of Poritia. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 13: 223. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1877. Description of a new species of butterfly from Lake Nyassa. Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine 14: 5–6. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C., 1877. Descriptions of New Species of Rhopalocera. The Entomologist's monthly magazine 14: 107–108. BHL. Reference page. 

1878

• Hewitson, 1878. Descriptions of twenty new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5(1): 340–347. BHL Reference page.