Christophor (Khachatur) Grigorievich Schaposchnikoff (Христофор Григорьевич Шапошников) (12 (24), March, 1868 — 25, November, 1938), amateur lepidopterologist from Maikop, West Caucasus, Russia, from 1902 - member of Russian Entomological Society. Repressed in 1937. First director of the Caucasus Nature Reserve. His son, Georgii Christophorovich Shaposhnikov (1915-2001), a professional entomologist (Insecta, Homoptera, Aphoidea).

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