Claude Lemaire (21 February 1921 – 5 February 2004) was a French

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

. He specialised in Lepidoptera

Saturniidae Saturniidae, members of which are commonly named the saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species. The family contains some of the largest species of moths in the world. Notable members include the emperor m ...

Studies

* Graduate Diploma of Civil Law, Faculty of Law of Paris * Graduate Diploma of Political Economy, Faculty of Law of Paris * Doctorate in Law * Doctorate of the University of Paris (Sciences)

Professional activities

* 1949–1956: Bank. Chief of contentious department * 1957–1959: Auctioneer at Drouot (Paris)

Entomological activities

Publications

Lemaire published about 100 entomological works.

Awards

He was elected president of the Société entomologique de France in 1972, president of the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera in 1992, and twice as vice-president of the

Lepidopterists' Society The Lepidopterists' Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of Butterfly, butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera). Founded in 1947 and based in the United States, it has an international focus and membership. Publications The s ...

. He received the prizes Constant (1971) and Réaumur (2003) of the

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. In 1999, he received the Karl Jordan Medal of the Lepidopterists' Society.

Genus and species described

In their

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, Naumann, Brosch and Nässig, gave 319 taxa described by Lemaire directly or in collaboration with other authors.Naumann, Brosch & Nässig (2004)
"Nekrolog. Zum Tode von Claude Lemaire"
''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo''. N.F., 2, p. 55-62.

Genera

Ten genera are attributed to Lemaire: * ''

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'' Lemaire, 1995 * '' Automeropsis'' Lemaire, 1969 * '' Citheronioides'' Lemaire, 1988 * '' Erythromeris'' Lemaire, 1969 * '' Gamelioides'' Lemaire, 1988 * '' Hyperchirioides'' Lemaire, 1981 * '' Hypermerina'' Lemaire, 1969 * '' Leucanella'' Lemaire, 1969 * '' Mielkesia'' Lemaire, 1988 * ''

Pseudautomeris ''Pseudautomeris'' is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Claude Lemaire in 1967. Species The genus includes the following species: *''Pseudautomeris antioquia'' (Schaus, 1921) *''Pseudautomeris arminicuscoensis'' Brec ...

'' Lemaire, 1967

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lemaire, Claude 1921 births 2004 deaths French lepidopterists Presidents of the Société entomologique de France 20th-century French zoologists