William Phillips Comstock

William Phillips Comstock (1880–1956), American entomologist.

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(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Comstock, W.P., 1913. A New North American Butterfly in the Family Lycaenidae. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 8(3): 33, pl.2, figs A-H. text, plate. Reference page.

Watson, F.E. & Comstock, W.P., 1920. Notes on American Lepidoptera with descriptions of new varieties. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 42(10): 447-457. Reference page.

Comstock, W. P. & Huntington, E. I., 1943. Lycaenidae of the Antilles. (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 45(2): 49–130, figs 1-2, pl. 1, tbl. 1-3. pdf. Reference page.
Comstock, W.P., 1944. Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Rhopalocera or Butterflies. In Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 12(4): 29 figs, 12 pls. Reference page.
Bell, E.L. & Comstock, W.P. 1948. A new genus and some new species and subspecies of American Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 1379: 1–23. PDF. Reference page.

Comstock, W.P. & F. M. Brown, 1950: Geographical variation and subspeciation in Heliconius charitonius Linnaeus (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). American Museum Novitates 146: 1-21. Reference page.
Comstock, W.P. & Huntington, E.I. 1958–1964. An annotated list of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of the Western Hemisphere. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 21 parts. [1958] 66: 103–118; [1959] 67: 59–95, 163–212; [1960] 68: 49–62, 105–122, 176–186, 232–240; [1961] 69: 54–58, 105–118, 157–176, 191–200; [1962] 70: 39–46, 100–118, 177–179; [1963] 71: 45–57, 115–119, 189–197' 262–264; 1964 72: 62–64, 120–130, 173–192. Reference page.