Gilles Terral (1943 – 12 August 1998) 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

Parnassiinae The Parnassiinae or snow Apollos are a subfamily of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae. The subfamily includes about 50 medium-sized, white or yellow species. The snow Apollos are high-altitude butterflies and are distributed across ...

and

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 ...

. As a

Parnassius ''Parnassius'' is a genus of northern circumpolar and montane (alpine and Himalayan) butterflies usually known as Apollos or snow Apollos. They can vary in colour and form significantly based on their altitude. They also exhibit altitudinal mel ...

specialist he made an expedition to Ladakh with Jean-Claude Weiss in July 1983. As a Saturnid specialist he wrote articles with Philippe Darge and Claude Lemaire (see below). He was working on a book on the

of the world, to be published by

Sciences Nat Sciences Nat was the academic publisher specialising in entomology of the Societé Sciences Nat. The society was established in 1971 and based in the rue de la Mare in Paris. Three years later it moved to the rue des Alouettes and later to Venet ...

, most of the colour separations of the photos were already done for the printing. His collection of

(251 boxes) is now at the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Lyon.

Works

* 1991. Saturnides éthiopiens inédits,

Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat The ''Bulletin de la Société Sciences Nat'' was a French entomology, entomological scientific journal. It was published by Sciences Nat and established in 1972. History Initially, the ''Bulletin'' was sent free of charge to French entomologi ...

, 70, in collaboration with J.-P. Lequeux and Ph. Darge. * 1994. Zur Verbreitung einiger asiatischer Saturniidae, Entomologische Zeitschrift (Essen), 104 (3), pp. 58–59, in collaboration with U. and L. H. Paukstadt.

Species he described

* ''Gonimbrasia cocaulti'', 1992 (with Philippe Darge) * ''Melanocera dargei'', 1991,

, 70, p. 14. * ''Melanocera widenti'', 1991 (with Philippe Darge),

, 70, p. 16. * ''Periphoba attali'', 1994 (with Claude Lemaire), Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, N.F., 15 (3), p. 397. * ''Ubaena lequeuxi'', 1988 (with Philippe Darge). * ''Ubaena periculosa'', 1988 (with Philippe Darge).

Species named after him

* ''Bunaeopsis terrali'' Darge, 1993. * ''Coprophanaeus terrali'' Arnaud, Besoiro, 7, p. 2.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Terral, Gilles French lepidopterists 1943 births 1998 deaths 20th-century French zoologists