Georges Bernardi (1922–1999) was a French

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

, reading and speaking Russian, French and English. He was the only French representative to participate at the elaboration of the

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Works

With Le Moult

When working at

Eugène Le Moult Eugène Le Moult (31 December 1882, Quimper – 26 January 1967, Paris) was a French naturalist and entomologist specialised in butterflies; hunter, businessman and collector. Le Moult grew up in the tropical prison colony of French Guiana, wher ...

's shop he wrote some important works in the journal ''

Miscellanea Entomologica ''Miscellanea Entomologica'' was a French entomological scientific journal. It was originally published by Eugène Barthe and established in 1892. Beginning The first issue of ''Miscellanea Entomologica'' was published in a larger format (24 ...

'': * 1944. Révision des ''Aporia'' du groupe dAgathon'', ''

'', 41, pp. 69–77, 1 plate. * 1947. Nomenclature de formes européennes de lEuchloe ausonia'', ''

'', 44, pp. 1–24. * 1947. Révision de la classification des espèces holarctiques des genres ''Pieris'' et ''Pontia'', ''

'', 44, pp. 65–80, 5 plates. * 1947. La nomenclature de deux ''Limenitis'' européens, ''

'', 44, pp. 81–86.

At the Paris Museum

More important works were: * 1954. Révision des Pierinae de la faune malgache, 137 pages * 1985. Le polymorphisme et le mimétisme de ''Papilio dardanus'' Brown, 50 pages, 3 plates (1 in colours), Bulletin de la société entomologique de France, 90, pp. 1106–1155 (with J. Pierre and T. H. Ngyuen). As a director of thesis, he supervised the works of J. Plantrou on Charaxes and of Nguyen Thi Hong on the ''Apatura''.[Ngyuen (T. H.) Les ''Apatura''. Polymorphisme et spéciation (Nymphalidae), 1976, 86 pages (also published in German under the title: Polymorphismus und Artabgrenzug in der Gattung ''Apatura'' (Nymphalidae)]

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernardi, Georges 1922 births 1999 deaths French lepidopterists 20th-century French zoologists