Alexandre Louis Lefebvre de Cérisy (14 November 1798,
Paris
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– 2 December 1867, le
Bouchevilliers
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Population
See also
*Communes of the Eure department
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The communes coop ...
, near
Gisors
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Gisors, together with the neighbouring communes of Trie-Château and Trie-la-Ville, form an urban area of 13,915 inhabitants (2018). This urban area i ...
) was a French
entomologist
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.
De Cérisy worked as clerk to a solicitor. It was
Jean Baptiste Godart
Jean-Baptiste Godart (25 November 1775 – 27 July 1825) was a French entomologist.
Born at Origny, Godart became impassioned by butterflies in his youth. He was charged by Pierre André Latreille (1762-1833) with writing the article on the ...
(1775-1825) who introduced him to entomology.
Of all insect
orders
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* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...
, he was principally interested in
Lepidoptera. Basing his studies on the use of the wing veins for the classification of
Hymenoptera, he proposed in 1842, a similar system of classification (based on the veins of the wings) for butterflies. He traveled throughout Europe, sometimes accompanied by naturalists such as
Achille Rémy Percheron (1797-1869) in
Provence
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and
Gabriel Bibron
Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist. He was born in Paris. The son of an employee of the Museum national d'histoire naturelle, he had a good foundation in natural history and was h ...
(1805-1848) in
Sicily
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. He was at the founding meeting, February 29, 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 ...
Species of Lepidoptera named in honor of Cérisy are: ''
Allancastria cerisyi''
(Godart, 1822) and ''
Smerinthus cerisyi''
(Kirby, 1837).
French lepidopterists
1798 births
1867 deaths
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