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Bernard d'Abrera (born 1940) is an Australian entomological taxonomist and philosopher of science, particularly noted for his books on true butterflies (Papilionoidea) and larger moths of the world (Saturniidae and Sphingidae). Referred to as one of the world's best-known lepidopterists by ''The Daily Telegraph'', his work since 1982 has been openly critical of the evolutionary theory. == Biography == Bernard d'Abrera is a graduate of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. While at the university in 1964 he with a group of other students kidnapped an alligator from Taronga Zoo as a Foundation Day prank. Using 80 biology students a shield, the group captured the animal in a bag and walked out through the turnstiles. The animal was returned after payment of a £100 ransom, which went towards establishing the first aboriginal scholarship of the University of New South Wales. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1965, with a double major in History & Philosophy of Science and History. He has a diploma in Education (Melbourne T.C., 1972). D'Abrera has spent over forty years photographing museum specimens of butterflies and moths, as well as identifying and cataloguing specimens around the world.〔(Opinion and Order ), Retrieved August 2011〕 He has also visited the Macleay Museum〔(''Macleay Museum News'' ), usyd.edu.au. Retrieved August 2011〕 in Sydney. He has contributed his butterfly and moth photographs to other books not authored by him.〔 The D'Abrera's Tiger, ''Parantica dabrerai'', an Indonesian butterfly species is named for him, as is ''Gnathothlibus dabrera'', a species of Indonesian moth. In 1978, d'Abrera helped uncover a smuggling ring on Papua New Guinea estimated to have earned at least $200,000 annually through the rare butterfly blackmarket. In 1982, d'Abrera and his wife Lucilla founded Hill House Publishers, a publishing house based in Melbourne and London, to publish inter alia, his own work. In 1987, Hill House began a project to produce antiquarian facsimiles of the works of Victorian ornithologist John Gould, based on the Natural History Museum's collection. Hill House also publishes authentic facsimiles of documents, prints, and antiquarian maps, including an atlas of the Dutch Indies for the Royal Dutch Geographical Society (KNAG - Gemilang, Landsmeer, 1990).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Official Website for Hill House Publishers )〕 In a 2002 review of the book ''The Last Sorcerer: Echoes of the Rainforest,'' ''Townsend Letter'' quoted from d'Abrera's 1984 book ''Butterflies of South America,'' writing: "The greatest number and diversity of insect and plant species occur in the Neotropics, a vast amount of which is still being discovered and described. Paradoxically, an almost equal amount of unknown creatures is being destroyed even before their discovery, because of the violent and ruthless destruction by civilized man of the complex miracles that make up the Neotropical ecosystem. History alone will pour out its wrathful judgement on these disgraceful goings-on, because contemporary man is too besotted with economic trivia to comprehend the consequences of his avaricious deeds. - Bernard D'Abrera Butterflies of South America (1984)." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bernard d'Abrera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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