Pierre Réal (1922 – 13 December 2009) 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. He was a professor at the Faculty of

Besançon Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland. Capi ...

Works

His best known work is the book he wrote with Le Moult on the genus ''Morpho'', published as a supplement to the journal '' Novitates Entomologicae''. A list of 29 of his works is given by J. C. Robert.

Genera and species he described

1953 * ''Anoplocnephasia'' * ''Brachycnephasia'' * ''Cnephasia alternella interjunctana'' * ''Cnephasia alternella parvana'' * ''Cnephasia alternella peyerimhoffi'' * ''Cnephasia alternella pseudochrysantheana'' * ''Cnephasia alternella rectilinea'' * ''Cnephasia alternella siennicolor'' * ''Cnephasia alternella vulgaris'' * ''Cnephasia alticola decaryi'' * ''Cnephasia alticola juncta'' * ''Cnephasia bizensis'' * ''Cnephasia canescana griseana'' * ''Cnephasia canescana grisescana'' * ''Cnephasia canescana montserrati'' * ''Cnephasia canescana venansoni'' * ''Cnephasia communana caprionica'' * ''Cnephasia communana lucia'' * ''Cnephasia communana pseudorthoxyana'' * ''Cnephasia communana seminigra'' * ''Cnephasia conspersana albicans'' * ''Cnephasia conspersana gallicana'' * ''Cnephasia conspersana pseudoalternella'' * ''Cnephasia cottiana buvati'' * ''Cnephasia cottiana pyrenaea'' * ''Cnephasia incanana infuscata'' * ''Cnephasia interjecta mediocris'' * ''Cnephasia joannisis dumonti'' * ''Cnephasia legrandi'' * ''Cnephasia longana minor'' * ''Cnephasia obsoletana algerana'' * ''Cnephasia osseana alpicola'' * ''Cnephasia osseana alpicolana'' * ''Cnephasia osseana borreoni'' * ''Cnephasia osseana pratana'' * ''Cnephasia osseana pseudolongana'' * ''Cnephasia osseana solfatarana'' * ''Cnephasia pascuana pseudocommuana'' * ''Cnephasia penziana alpestris'' * ''Cnephasia penziana clarana'' * ''Cnephasia penziana livonica'' * ''Cnephasia sedana mediterranea'' * ''Cnephasia wilkinsoni directana'' * ''Eana cyanescana'' * ''Eana filipjevi'' * ''Eana viardi'' 1951 * ''Cnephasia ecullyana'' * ''Cnephasia orthoxyana'' * ''Cnephasia orthoxyana confluentana'' * ''Cnephasia orthoxyana reducta'' * ''Cnephasia orthoxyana styx'' * ''Cnephasia rielana'' * ''Hypostephanuncia'' 1952 * ''Cnephasia interjecta confluens'' * ''Cnephasia obsoletana cleuana'' * ''Cnephasia obsoletana pseudotypica'' * ''Cnephasia sedana meridionalis'' * ''Cnephasia wilkinsoni'' 1988 * ''Coccidiphila charlierella'' * ''Leptidea lorkovicci'', becoming ''

Leptidea reali ''Leptidea reali'', the Réal's wood white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. Taxonomy A 2011 study using karyotype analysis and analysis of mitochondrial nuclear DNA markers concluded that ''Leptidea reali'' is one of three members of a cr ...

'' Reissinger, 1989 * ''Micopterix liogierella'' * ''Micopterix vallebonella''

Species named after him

* ''

'' Reissinger, 1989Mazel (R.), 2000-2001. Le polymorphisme de deux espèces jumelles ''

Leptidea sinapis ''Leptidea sinapis,'' or the wood white butterfly of the family Pieridae, is a small white butterfly that is mainly found in England, Ireland, and Northern Europe. The butterfly has white wings with grey or yellow markings near the center or tip ...

'' L. et '' L. reali'' Reissinger en France, Linneana Belgica, XVII (7), pp. 277-288; XVIII (1), pp. 37-43

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Real, Pierre 1922 births 2009 deaths French lepidopterists 20th-century French zoologists