Mr John Tennent

Mr John Tennent

Scientific Associate - Insects

Department: Life Sciences
Division: LS Insects Division

Summary

Systematics and biodiversity of southwest Pacific butterflies; butterflies of Iberian Peninsula and North Atlantic islands; the history of natural history; tropical fieldwork

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • MSc (Biodiversity Management), University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom

Publications

(2015) The Poetry Bug. An anthology of writing by poets, entomologists, intellectuals, musicians and more ....... Tennent WJ (Eds). Parthian Books : Cardigan. 405.

NABA Names Committee (2015) Interim Report of the NABA Names Committee [1] (with contributions from Braby, M., Edwards, A., Epstein, M., Glassberg, J., Hall, P.W., Heath, F., Hsu, Y-F., Larsen, T., Lohman, D., Pierce, N., Scoble, M., Springer, J., Tennent, J., Vane-Wright, [R. I.], Viloria, A., West, J. & Yen, S.H).. American Butterflies, 24 (4) : 20 - 33.

Tennent WJ (2015) African Queens and their Kin. A Darwinian Odyssey, by David A. S. Smith. Entomologist’s Gazette, 66 (4) : 276 - 278.

Tennent WJ (2015) Survival Stories: Storm Tossed, In: Facing Fear (Pioneer edition), Wedner D (Eds). National Geographic Explorer Collection, Cengage Learning : Washington D. C.. 17.

Tennent WJ (2015) A new subspecies of Nacaduba cyanea Cramer, 1775, from Woodlark Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae).. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F., 36 (4) : 219 - 220.

Tennent WJ (2015) A review of Cethosia cydippe Linnaeus, 1767 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) from the eastern parts of its range (Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea).. Butterflies, 68 : 8 - 20.

Tennent WJ (2015) A new subspecies of Cupha prosope Fabricius, 1775 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from the Trobriands island of Kitava, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.. Butterflies, 68 : 4 - 7.

Tennent WJ, Clapp G, Clapp E (2015) A checklist of the hawkmoths of Woodlark Island, Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae).. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.), 36 (1) : 55 - 61.

Tennent WJ, Russell PJC (2015) Notes on some hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from the Cape Verde Islands.. Zoologica Caboverdiana, 5 (2) : 105 - 110.

Tennent WJ, Russell PJC (2015) Butterflies of the Cape Verde Islands (Insecta, Lepidoptera).. Zoologica Caboverdiana, 5 (2) : 64 - 104.

Tennent WJ (2015) Book review: A naturalist’s guide to the butterflies of peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, by Laurence Kirton. Entomologist’s Gazette, 66 (1) : 78 - 79.

Tennent WJ (2015) Book review: Guide to the butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Pieridae part II, Subfamily Coliadinae, Tribe Coliadini, by Josef Grieshuber (edited by G. C. Bozano). Entomologist’s Gazette, 66 (1) : 79 - 80.

Tennent WJ (2014) Euploea eurianassa Hewitson, 1858, in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea with description of a new subspecies from the remote island of Nasikwabu (Lepidoptera: Danainae). Butterflies (Teinopalpus), 66 : 46 - 49.

Tennent WJ (2014) First record of the invasive lycaenid species Chilades pandava (Horsfield, 1829), from Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Nachrichten Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F., 35 (1/2) : 43 - 46.

Tennent WJ (2014) Entomologische Notiz. Correction to: “The butterflies described by Bernard D’ABRERA in three editions of ‘Butterflies of the Australian Region (1971, 1977, 1990) (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)’. Nachrichten Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F, 35 (3) :

Tennent WJ (2014) Book review: Guide to the butterflies of the Palaearctic Region. Nymphalidae part VI, Subfamily Limenitidinae, by E. Gallo & C. Della Bruna (edited by G. C. Bozano). Entomologist’s Gazette, 65 (3) :

Tennent WJ (2014) Book review: Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, by Enrique Garcia-Barros, Miguel Munguira, Constantiní Stefanescu & Antonio Vives Moreno. Fauna Iberica 37. Entomologist’s Gazette, 65 (4) : 255 - 256.

Tennent WJ (2014) Two new subspecies of Mycalesis terminus (Fabricius, 1775), from the islands of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera, Satyrinae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 24 (2) : 62 - 66.

Monastyrskii AL, Tennent WJ, O’Dell J (2014) Further evidence of disjunctions in ranges of East Asian satyrines butterflies: a new subspecies of Rhaphicera dumicola (Oberthür, 1876) from Northern Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Atalanta, Würzburg, 45 (1-4) : 163 - 165.

Müller CJ, Tennent WJ (2014) A new species of Hypochrysops Felder & Felder, 1860, from Waigeo Island, Indonesia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Suara Serangga Papua,, 8 (4) : 109 - 115.

Rawlins A, Schröder S, Cassidy AC, Müller CJ, Tennent WJ (2014) An illustrated and annotated checklist of Jamides Hübner, 1819, taxa occurring in the Indonesian Provinces of North Maluku and Maluku (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Nachrichten Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F., 35 (1/2) : 5 - 39.

Tennent WJ, Müller CJ, Peggie D (2014) Two new butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the collections of the Museum Zoologi Bogor, Indonesia. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 24 (1) : 10 - 14.

Tennent WJ, Treadaway CG (2014) A new subspecies of Mycalesis aramis Hewitson, 1866, from the island of Mindoro, Philippines (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Nachrichten Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F., 35 (3) : 139 - 140.

Introduction

Summary

Systematics and biodiversity of southwest Pacific butterflies; butterflies of Iberian Peninsula and North Atlantic islands; the history of natural history; tropical fieldwork

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • MSc (Biodiversity Management), University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom
Publications

Publications

(2015) The Poetry Bug. An anthology of writing by poets, entomologists, intellectuals, musicians and more ....... Tennent WJ (Eds). Parthian Books : Cardigan. 405.

NABA Names Committee (2015) Interim Report of the NABA Names Committee [1] (with contributions from Braby, M., Edwards, A., Epstein, M., Glassberg, J., Hall, P.W., Heath, F., Hsu, Y-F., Larsen, T., Lohman, D., Pierce, N., Scoble, M., Springer, J., Tennent, J., Vane-Wright, [R. I.], Viloria, A., West, J. & Yen, S.H).. American Butterflies, 24 (4) : 20 - 33.

Tennent WJ (2015) African Queens and their Kin. A Darwinian Odyssey, by David A. S. Smith. Entomologist’s Gazette, 66 (4) : 276 - 278.

Tennent WJ (2015) Survival Stories: Storm Tossed, In: Facing Fear (Pioneer edition), Wedner D (Eds). National Geographic Explorer Collection, Cengage Learning : Washington D. C.. 17.

Tennent WJ (2015) A new subspecies of Nacaduba cyanea Cramer, 1775, from Woodlark Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae).. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F., 36 (4) : 219 - 220.

Tennent WJ (2015) A review of Cethosia cydippe Linnaeus, 1767 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) from the eastern parts of its range (Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea).. Butterflies, 68 : 8 - 20.

Tennent WJ (2015) A new subspecies of Cupha prosope Fabricius, 1775 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from the Trobriands island of Kitava, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.. Butterflies, 68 : 4 - 7.

Tennent WJ, Clapp G, Clapp E (2015) A checklist of the hawkmoths of Woodlark Island, Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae).. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.), 36 (1) : 55 - 61.

Tennent WJ, Russell PJC (2015) Notes on some hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from the Cape Verde Islands.. Zoologica Caboverdiana, 5 (2) : 105 - 110.

Tennent WJ, Russell PJC (2015) Butterflies of the Cape Verde Islands (Insecta, Lepidoptera).. Zoologica Caboverdiana, 5 (2) : 64 - 104.

Tennent WJ (2015) Book review: A naturalist’s guide to the butterflies of peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, by Laurence Kirton. Entomologist’s Gazette, 66 (1) : 78 - 79.

Tennent WJ (2015) Book review: Guide to the butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Pieridae part II, Subfamily Coliadinae, Tribe Coliadini, by Josef Grieshuber (edited by G. C. Bozano). Entomologist’s Gazette, 66 (1) : 79 - 80.

Tennent WJ (2014) Euploea eurianassa Hewitson, 1858, in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea with description of a new subspecies from the remote island of Nasikwabu (Lepidoptera: Danainae). Butterflies (Teinopalpus), 66 : 46 - 49.

Tennent WJ (2014) First record of the invasive lycaenid species Chilades pandava (Horsfield, 1829), from Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Nachrichten Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F., 35 (1/2) : 43 - 46.

Tennent WJ (2014) Entomologische Notiz. Correction to: “The butterflies described by Bernard D’ABRERA in three editions of ‘Butterflies of the Australian Region (1971, 1977, 1990) (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)’. Nachrichten Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F, 35 (3) :

Tennent WJ (2014) Book review: Guide to the butterflies of the Palaearctic Region. Nymphalidae part VI, Subfamily Limenitidinae, by E. Gallo & C. Della Bruna (edited by G. C. Bozano). Entomologist’s Gazette, 65 (3) :

Tennent WJ (2014) Book review: Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, by Enrique Garcia-Barros, Miguel Munguira, Constantiní Stefanescu & Antonio Vives Moreno. Fauna Iberica 37. Entomologist’s Gazette, 65 (4) : 255 - 256.

Tennent WJ (2014) Two new subspecies of Mycalesis terminus (Fabricius, 1775), from the islands of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea (Lepidoptera, Satyrinae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 24 (2) : 62 - 66.

Monastyrskii AL, Tennent WJ, O’Dell J (2014) Further evidence of disjunctions in ranges of East Asian satyrines butterflies: a new subspecies of Rhaphicera dumicola (Oberthür, 1876) from Northern Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Atalanta, Würzburg, 45 (1-4) : 163 - 165.

Müller CJ, Tennent WJ (2014) A new species of Hypochrysops Felder & Felder, 1860, from Waigeo Island, Indonesia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Suara Serangga Papua,, 8 (4) : 109 - 115.

Rawlins A, Schröder S, Cassidy AC, Müller CJ, Tennent WJ (2014) An illustrated and annotated checklist of Jamides Hübner, 1819, taxa occurring in the Indonesian Provinces of North Maluku and Maluku (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Nachrichten Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F., 35 (1/2) : 5 - 39.

Tennent WJ, Müller CJ, Peggie D (2014) Two new butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the collections of the Museum Zoologi Bogor, Indonesia. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 24 (1) : 10 - 14.

Tennent WJ, Treadaway CG (2014) A new subspecies of Mycalesis aramis Hewitson, 1866, from the island of Mindoro, Philippines (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Nachrichten Entomologischen Vereins Apollo N.F., 35 (3) : 139 - 140.