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Title: Paul A. Opler papers
Dates: 1938-2001
Collection Number: MSS-361
Creator/Collector:
Opler, Paul A.
Extent: 9 boxes, 3.15 cu.ft.
Repository:
California Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, California 94118
Abstract: The papers of Paul A. Opler, entomologist and butterfly expert, consists primarily of correspondence with some miscellaneous
slides and photographs.
Language of Material: English
Access is unrestricted
[Identification of item]. Paul A. Opler papers. Collection Number: MSS-361. California Academy of Sciences
Biography/Administrative History
Paul Alexander Opler was born on 3 August 1938 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
He earned his B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley (1960). After serving in the U.S. Army (1961-1963), Opler
received his M.A. from California State University, San Jose (1965), returning to the University of California, Berkeley for
his Ph.D. (1970).
A stint as Research Associate for the Organization of Tropical Studies, San Jose, Costa Rica (1970-1974) led to a station
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington D.C. (1974). Other positions held were: Chief, Branch of Biological
Support, Office of Endangered Species (1980-1982) and Managing Editor of Research and Development Information, Ft. Collins,
Colorado (1983-1986). While in the latter position, Opler was Adjunct faculty at Colorado State University (1984-?) and published
Butterflies East of the Great Plains: An Illustrated Natural History (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984). (This was his
second monograph, Oak Lepidoptera Ecology having been published in 1975.)
Opler’s honors and memberships include: Alternate Fellow, National Science Foundation; Special Achievement award from the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (1986); Member, Association Tropical Biology (Executive Director 1984-); American Institute
of Biological Sciences (Secretary-Treasurer, 1985-); Xerces Society (vice-president, 1985-); and Pacific Coast Entomological
Society.
He now lives in Loveland, Colorado (2001).
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Paul A. Opler, entomologist and butterfly expert, consists primarily of correspondence with some miscellaneous
slides and photographs.
Entomology
Butterflies
Lepidoptera
Opler, Paul A.