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August Arthur Petry
German botanist and entomologist (1858–1932)
August Arthur Petry (1858, Tilleda - 1932 Nordhausen) was a German botanist and entomologist specialising in Microlepidoptera.[1] He was a teacher of philology at the Gymasium in Nordhausen. August Petry was a Member of the Stettin Entomological Society. Ottmar Hofmann honoured his name in Caryocolum petryi. His collections are, in part, held by the Natural History Museum of Erfurt.