Ruggero Verity

Who was Ruggero Verity?

Ruggero Verity was an Italian entomologist who specialised in butterflies.

Verity was born in Florence on 20 May 1883, the elder son of Richard Henry Manners Verity and his wife Matilda daughter of Cav. Sebastiano Fenzi and Emily Verity. Roger Verity married, on 1 Jun 1922, Donna Giulia dei Principi Gallarati–Scotti daughter of Don Gian Carlo, Prince di Molfetta, Duca di San Pietro in Galatina, and Luigia Melzi D'Eril dei Duchi di Lodi.

Roger Verity was a Lepidopterist and the author of over 150 papers and books including Rhopalocera Palaeartica. Papilionidae and Pieridae, Le Farfalle diurne d’Italia