A TRIBUTE TO PROF. DR. LAMBERTUS JOHANNES TOXOPEUS, A CENTURY OF APPRECIATION

Tati Suryati Syamsudin (Institut Teknologi Bandung)
Djunijanti Peggie (Entomology, Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km. 46, Cibinong, Bogor 16911, Indonesia)
W. John Tennent (Natural History Museum, London Honorary Associate, Oxford Museum of Natural History, UK)
Djoko Iskandar (Basic Sciences Commission, Indonesian Academy of Sciences, 11 Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan Jakarta 10110, Indonesia)

Treubia
Vol. 52 No. 1 (2025): Treubia 52 (1)

Prof. Dr. Lambertus Johannes Toxopeus, a Dutch entomologist, was born, worked, and died in Indonesia. He was a Lepidoptera specialist and has published 68 papers, describing two tribes, five subtribes, 26 genera and 147 butterfly species or subspecies between 1922-1951. We gleaned from the literature that he was honored hi eponyms in one family, seven genera and at least 169 species or subspecies, mostly arthropods, but also a reptile, birds, mammals, mollusks, and plants. This represents an average of one to two species named after him every year during the last 100 years, mostly collected by himself from very fruitful expeditions throughout Sundaland, Buru Island and the highland of Papua Province, Indonesia. His work contributed significantly to knowledge of on Southeast Asian biodiversity.