Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.

Biography

Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very early interest in butterflies and was encouraged and taught by

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(1790–1847). He went to study law in Paris, then entered the “Bareau”. After the death of his only son, he lived at Châteaudun in Chatelliers. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Châteaudun was burned by the Prussians but Guénée's collections remained intact. He was the author of 63 publications, some with

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(1774–1846). He notably wrote ''Species des nocturnes '' (''Night Species'' in English) (six volumes, 1852–1857) forming parts of the ''

Suites à Buffon Les ''Suites à Buffon'' is a French 19th-century scientific publication. Les ''Suites à Buffon'' carries the complete title ''Suites à Buffon formant avec les œuvres de cet auteur un cours complet d'histoire naturelle embrassant les trois rè ...

''. This work of almost 1,300 pages treats Noctuidae of the world. Also co-author, with Jean Baptiste Boisduval, of ''Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères'' (vols 5–10, 1836–57). He was a founding member 1832 of the

Société Entomologique de France The Société entomologique de France, or French Entomological Society, is devoted to the study of insects. The society was founded in 1832 in Paris, France. The society was created by eighteen Parisian entomologists on January 31, 1832. The first ...

, (1832) and was president in 1848 then honorary member in 1874. He was among the first to describe the ''

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'' species."GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved June 21, 2017.

References

Edward Oliver Essig Edward Oliver Essig (29 September 1884 Arcadia, Indiana – 23 November 1964, Lafayette, California) was an American entomologist who specialized in the Hemiptera. Essig was a professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He wrote ''Inju ...

(1931). In ''History of Entomology''. Mac Millan (New York): vii + 1029 p. *Jean Gouillard (2004). ''History of the French entomologists'', 1750–1950. Entirely re-examined and increased edition. Boubée (Paris): 287 p. *Jean Lhoste (1987). ''French Entomologists''. 1750–1950. INRA Editions: 351 p. French entomologists French taxonomists Presidents of the Société entomologique de France 1809 births 1880 deaths People from Chartres 19th-century French zoologists {{entomologist-stub