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Post by Adam Cotton on Apr 7, 2022 0:02:20 GMT -8
I have just heard that my old friend the famous Japanese Lepidopterist Yasusuke Nishiyama died early this morning of cirrhosis.
This is very sad news. I will post more later.
Adam.
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Post by wollastoni on Apr 7, 2022 0:28:33 GMT -8
Oh... very sad news ! Yasusuke was a Delias lover and a nice man ! A picture of Delias oktanglap nishiyamai named by Yagishi .ta after him in 1999.  (Picture from my friend Hiro Takenouchi.) |
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Post by Adam Cotton on Apr 7, 2022 3:22:59 GMT -8
Here are some photos of him from 2 March 2006 at Tad Xai, Thabok, Laos:  With Khamboun SP, a famous Lao butterfly tour guide. Some Lao butterflies have been named after him too (such as Euthalia khambounei):  Adam. |
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Post by benihikage92 on Apr 7, 2022 5:34:28 GMT -8
I also got a message that Yasusuke Nishiyama has passed away. His contribution to the Japanese butterfly world was enormous. His butterfly magazine, TSUISO, has been around since 1975. I got the last issue about a week ago. Papilionidae of the World, a recent publication by Nakae, was supervised by him. He also authored Part 1 of The Butterflies of the South East Asia Islands series together with Tsukada.
RIP, Chotaro - his nickname we use when we fondly call him.
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Post by 58chevy on Apr 7, 2022 9:52:22 GMT -8
2022 has been a bad year for entomologists, and it's only April. We have lost some of the top experts in their fields. I hope 2023 will be better.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Apr 7, 2022 9:55:33 GMT -8
I hope the rest of 2022 will be better than the first few months too.
Adam.
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