Jean Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval
1799 - 1879
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval
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| Biography: |
Born: 17 June, 1799, Died 30 December, 1879 Boisduval was French naturalist and physician and one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France. He received his medical degree in 1828. He was the co-founder of the Societe Entomologique de France. Earlier in his career, he was interested in Coleoptera and allied himself with both Lacordaire and Latreille. He was the curator of the Dejean collection in Paris and even though he is known mostly for his work with Lepidoptera, he is also known for describing new species of scarab beetles as well, especially those resulting from the voyages of the "Astrolabe" and the "Coquille." |
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Boisduval,Jean Baptiste Alphonse de; Lacordaire,Jean Théodore, 1835, 1, Faune entomologique des environs de Paris; ou species général des insectes qui se trouvent dans un rayon de quinze a vingt lienes aux alentours de Paris. Orderes: Anoploures, 117-125, Méquignon-Marvis, Père & Fils, Paris.
http://www.phthiraptera.org/Publications/3378.pdf |
| Obituary: |
Anonymous. 1880. Obituary. Boisduval. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 16:235-236.
Anonymous. 1880. Obituary. Boisduval. Entomologist 13:119. |
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