Yuri Korshunov

Yuri Petrovich Korshunov (Russian: Юрий Петрович Коршунов; 22 September 1933, Chernorechka Village near Novosibirsk^[1] — 1 August 2002, Novosibirsk) was a Russian entomologist. He specialised in Lepidoptera. Korshunov worked at the Zoological Museum and the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals (Siberian branch^[2] of the Russian Academy of Sciences) and a member of the Russian Entomological Society.

Partial list of works byYuri Korshanov

• Butterflies of the Western Siberian Plain. A key (1985)
• A catalogue of Rhopalocera (Lepidoptera) of the USSR (1972)
• The Butterflies of Asian part of Russia (1995, co-author P. Gorbunov)
• Butterflies of the Urals, Siberia and Far East. Key and annotations (2000)
• Red Data Book of the Russian Federation (contributor)

• In Memoriam site Very extensive. Bibliography etc.
• "Yuri Korshunov Autobiography". Archived from the original on 14 January 2002. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
• Korshunov Yu. P. "Years of Journeys". jugan.narod.ru. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
• "Site in Memory of Yu. P. Korshunov (1933–2002)" (in Russian). jugan1.narod.ru. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
• "The archive copy of Yu. Korshunov personal site" (in Russian). jugan.boom.ru. Archived from the original on 5 August 2001. Retrieved 19 January 2015.