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George Frederick Leycester Marshall

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George Frederick Leycester Marshall (March 27, 1843 - March 7, 1934) was a Colonel in the Indian Army and brother of C. H. T. Marshall. He was a naturalist interested in the birds and butterflies of India. Marshall described several new species of butterflies, along with Lionel de Niceville, and discovered the White-tailed Iora, sometimes referred to as Marshall's Iora. He wrote The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon.

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Marshall, G.F.L. and de Niceville, L. 1883. Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon. Vol. I, Repr.1979, New Delhi, 327 pp.

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