Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch Explained

Theodor Franz Wilhelm Kirsch (29 September 1818, Düben, Torgau - 8 July 1889, Dresden) was a German entomologist who specialised in Coleoptera. Kirsch was curator of entomology at the Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden in Dresden. His collection is shared between Upper Silesian Museum (Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiu) in Bytom and Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden in Dresden. He described the birdwing butterfly Troides riedeli.

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