Achille Guenée
Achille Guenée (born January 1, 1809 in Chartres , † December 30, 1880 in Châteaudun ) was a French lawyer and entomologist , specializing in butterflies and here on moths .
Life
Guenée developed an interest in butterflies as a teenager in Chartres, encouraged by François de Villiers (1790–1847). He studied law in Paris and was a lawyer there. After the death of his only son, he moved to Châteaudun. His property was destroyed in the Franco-Prussian War, but his butterfly collection was preserved.
He wrote a monograph on owl butterflies (Noctuidae). In part he published with Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel . A number of taxa were first described by him e.g. B. Idaea subsaturata , Achaea catocaloides , Hedylidae ,
In 1832 he was a founding member of the Société Entomologique de France and in 1848 its president and from 1874 an honorary member.
Fonts
- Species des nocturnes, 6 volumes, 1852 to 1857 (in the Suites à Buffon series )
- with Jean Baptiste Boisduval : Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères, volumes 5 to 10, 1826 to 1857, Biodiversity Library
literature
- Jean Gouillard: History of the French entomologists, 1750–1950, Paris: Boubée 2004
- Jean Lhoste: French Entomologists. 1750-1950. INRA Editions, 1987
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guenée, Achille |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French entomologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chartres |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1880 |
| Place of death | Châteaudun |