Tags: Entomologist.
Takashi Shirozu (白水 隆 Shirozu Takashi 14 September 1917 Fukuoka – 2 April 2004) was a Japanese entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.He wrote Butterflies of Formosa in Colour Osaka Hoikusha (1960) Early Stages of Japanese Butterflies in Colour Hoikusha (with Akira Hara 1960) and Butterflies of Japan Illustrated in Colour Tokyo Hokuryu-kan (1964) all of which took advantage of Japanese advanced (optical) and colour printing technologies.He also published many scientific papers describing new species of butterflies.Dr.