Georges Rousseau-Decelle (2 January 1878, in

Roche-sur-Yon La Roche-sur-Yon () is a commune in the Vendée department in the Pays de la Loire region in western France. It is the capital of the department. The demonym for its inhabitants is ''Yonnais''. History The town expanded significantly after Nap ...

– 1965) was a French entomologist. Rousseau-Decelle amassed a large collection of worldwide butterflies containing many rare species, notably in the genera ''

Morpho The morpho butterflies comprise many species of Neotropical butterfly under the genus ''Morpho''. This genus includes more than 29 accepted species and 147 accepted subspecies, found mostly in South America, Mexico, and Central America. ''Morph ...

'' and ''

Ornithoptera ''Ornithoptera'' is a genus of birdwing butterflies found in the northern portion of the Australasian realm, east of Weber's line; the Moluccas, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and northeastern Australia. Except for ''Ornithoptera richmondia'' ...

''. He was primarily interested in infraspecific variation. Georges Rousseau-Decelle was a

chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

and a member 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 ...

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splitting Splitting may refer to: * Splitting (psychology) * Lumpers and splitters, in classification or taxonomy * Wood splitting * Tongue splitting * Splitting, railway operation Mathematics * Heegaard splitting * Splitting field * Splitting principle ...

" (dividing a taxon into multiple taxa) on the basis of minute morphological differences) *(1933) Quelques formes nouvelles et aberrantes des genres ''

Papilio ''Papilio'' is a genus in the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae, as well as the only representative of the tribe Papilionini. The word ''papilio'' is Latin for butterfly. It includes the common yellow swallowtail (''Papilio machaon''), ...

'' et ''

Charaxes The rajah and pasha butterflies, also known as emperors in Africa and Australia, (genus ''Charaxes'') make up the huge type genus of the brush-footed butterfly subfamily Charaxinae, or leafwing butterflies. They belong to the tribe Charaxini, ...

'' (Lep.) ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'' 37(20): 301-307] 'P. cleotas lemoulti'', ''P. c. l.'' individual female form ''horizonicus'', ''P. c. l.'' individual female form ''luteovirens'', ''P. oxynius'' individual female form ''niveomarginatus''* (1933) Note sur quelques formes nouvelles des genres ''Papilio'' et ''Charaxes'' (Lep.) ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'' 38(17):269-273 'P. oxynius'' female form ''ochracea'', ''P.pausanias pausanias'' individual male forme ''burneomaculatus''* (1935) Note sur quelques formes nouvelles de ''

'' (Lep. Morphidae) ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'' 40(15):219-226 [''M. hercules'' male individual form ''violina'', ''M. perseus caius'', ''M.caius'' form ''tiberius'', ''M. hecuba obidonus'' male individual form ''minima'', ''M. peleides faustina'', ''M. portis thamyris'' male individual form ''aegoides'', ''M. p. t.'' male individual form ''claro'', ''M. p. t.'' male individual form ''argentatus'', ''M. eugenia'' male individual form ''parthenopa'', ''M. e.'' male individual form ''rosea'', ''M. aega'' female individual form ''saphiralineata'', ''M. cypris'' male individual form ''cellamaculosa'', ''M. menalaus'' male individual form ''purpureotinctus'', ''M. menelaus'' male individual form ''chlorophorus'', ''M. godarti'' male individual form ''lactescens'', ''M. didius'' male individual form ''bipunctata'', ''M. d.'' male individual form ''subrufa''] * (1936) Des variations parallèles chez les Morphos des espèces hecuba et perseus (Lepidopt. Morphidae), pp. 293–296, pl. 13. In: ''Livre Jubilaire de M. Eugène-LouisBouvier''. Paris, Fermin-Didot et Cie. *(1943) Notes sur quelques formes nouvelles de Papilio américains (Lep. Papilionidae) ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'' 48(8) :109-113, pl. 1[''P. gundlachianus'' male individual form ''unipunctus'', ''P. g.'' male individual form ''pauperimus'', ''P. vertumnus diceros'' female individual form ''regularis'', ''P. drucei'' male individual form ''nucalensis'', ''P. iphidamas'' female individual form ''poverella'', ''P. lysander isanae'', ''P.l.'' male individual form ''extensa'', ''P. l.'' male individual form ''reducta'', ''P. neophilus olivencius'' female individual form ''rosissima'', ''P. lycophron lycophron'' male individual form ''thersitoides'', ''P. l. pirithous'' female individual form ''suffusa'', ''P. hyppason'' male individual form ''unimacula'', ''P. garleppi interruptus'' female form ''xanthica'', ''P.torquatus polybius'' female form ''albosignata'', ''P.scamander grayi'' female individual form ''leucomelas'', ''P.s.g.'' male individual form ''laticlavius'', ''P. s. eurymander'' female individual form ''arlequina'', ''P. lysithous'' form ''lucius''] *1960. Note sur une forme nouvelle de Papilio anchises Linn. Papilio anchises orinocensis, subsp. nov. ''Novedades científicas. Contribuciones ocasionales del Museo de Historia natural La Salle'' (Caracas) 26: 1-7, 3 figs. ew forms: ''P. a. o.'' male form ''smaragdalis'', ''P. a. o.'' female form ''meania''

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Famille Rousseau-Decelle
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rousseau-Decelle, Georges French lepidopterists Officiers of the Légion d'honneur 1878 births 1965 deaths