Swiss entomologists

Joseph Philippe de Clairville (1742–July 31, 1830) was a notable French botanist and entomologist, who was mainly active in Switzerland.

Eduard Killias (1 March 1829 in Chur – 14 November 1891 in Chur) was a Swiss physician and naturalist.

Walter Linsenmaier (18 August 1917 – 31 October 2000) was a Swiss artist and entomologist.

Ludwig Georg Courvoisier (10 November 1843 – 8 April 1918) was a surgeon from Basel, Switzerland.

Fritz Rühl, also Roule, (1836 – 1893 in Zurich) was a Swiss entomologist.

Jacob Johann Hagenbach (1802? in Basle – 1 January 1825) was a Swiss entomologist.

Hans Rudolf Herren (born November 30, 1947 in Mühleberg, Switzerland) is a Swiss entomologist, farmer and development specialist.

Charles Theodore Blachier (6 February 1859, Geneva – 5 October 1915, Geneva) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.

Édouard Piaget (3 November 1817, in Les Bayards – 10 September 1910, in Couvet) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in lice (Phthiraptera).

Friedrich Ris (1867 – 1931 in Glarus) was a Swiss physician and entomologist who specialised in Odonata.

Louis Jurine (French: [ʒyʁin]; 6 February 1751 – 20 October 1819) was a Swiss physician, surgeon and naturalist mainly interested in entomology.

Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (4 January 1740, Basel – 8 June 1806, Töss, a district in the city of Winterthur) was a Swiss artist, writer and entomologist best known for his illustrations of insects.

François Jules Pictet-De la Rive (27 September 1809 – 15 March 1872) was a Swiss zoologist and palaeontologist.

Rudolf Ludwig Meyer-Dür ( August 12, 1812, Burgdorf - March 2, 1885, Zürich) was a Swiss entomologist who specialised in Hemiptera, Orthoptera and NeuropteraHe was a founder Member of the Swiss Entomological Society (Société Entomologique Suisse).

Georges Meyer-Darcis, full name Georg Gottlieb August Meyer-Darcis (or Meyer Darcis) (12 September 1860 in Wohlen – 3 January 1913 in Florence) was a Swiss botanist and entomologist.

Henri Tournier (1834 – 27 August 1904) was a Swiss entomologist.

Hercule Nicolet (18 January 1801 - 16 September 1872) was a Swiss lithographer and entomologist who specialized in Thysanura and Collembola.

Felix Santschi (1 December 1872 – 20 November 1940) was a Swiss entomologist known for discovering that ants use the sun as a compass and for describing about 2000 taxa of ants.

Alexander Yersin (5 April 1825, Morges- 2 September 1863, Lavaux) was a Swiss entomologist.

Carl Ulisses von Salis-Marschlins or Karl or Charles (28 September 1762 Marschlins -16 January 1818) was a Swiss naturalist interested in botany, entomology, and conchology.

Eduard Heinrich Graeffe or Gräffe (27 December 1833, Zurich – 23 April 1916 Ljubljana) was a Swiss zoologist and naturalist.