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The only definition that can be given of Heterocera is the practical one that all Lepidoptera that are not butterflies are Heterocera.

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One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Franz Kafka

David Sharp

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Born: August 15, 1840
Died: August 27, 1922 (aged 82)
Bio: David Sharp FRS was an English physician and entomologist who worked mainly on Coleoptera.

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