John Burns (entomologist)


John Burns is an entomologist, curator of Lepidoptera and professor at Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution.

Academic background

Burns has completed his BS at Johns Hopkins University & MS, PhD at University of California, Berkeley.

Fields of study

Burns is an expert in Lepidoptera, evolutionary biology and poetry. He has discovered a new species of skipper butterflies and named it as Pseudodrephalys sohni found at Brazil.

Publications

Some of his notable publications are as follows: