Leo Sheljuzhko

Leo Sheljuzhko
Лев Шелюжко (Ukrainian)
Born	(1890-09-26)26 September 1890 Kyiv, Russian Empire
Died	22 September 1969(1969-09-22) (aged 78) Munich, Germany
Citizenship	Russian Empire (1890–1917) Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–1920) USSR (1922-1941) Germany (1941-1969)
Alma mater	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Scientific career
Fields	Entomology
Institutions	Shcherbak Zoology Museum [uk] University of Kyiv Zoologische Staatssammlung München
Notable students	Yurii Nekrutenko [uk]

Leo Andreyevich Sheljuzhko (Ukrainian: Лев Андрійович Шелюжко, German: Leo Andrejewitsch Sheljuzhko; 14 September 1890, Kiev – 22 August 1969, Munich) was a Ukrainian-German entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera. He wrote numerous scientific papers and books on the butterflies and moths of Central Asia, Ukraine, Far East, Caucasus in Russian, Ukrainian, German, and English, and described many new taxa.