Baron Joachim-François Philibert Julien de Feisthamel (15 February 1791 – 17 January 1851) 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 ...

. Born in

Dieuze Dieuze (; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. People Dieuze was the birthplace of: *Charles Hermite, mathematician *Edmond François Valentin About, novelist, publicist and journalist *Émile Friant, pain ...

, Baron Joachim de Feisthamel was a soldier, variously a major d'infanterie, colonel then maréchal de camp. He was 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 ...

and a Chevalier (Knight) of the

Legion of Honour 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, ...

. He died in Paris.

Works

partial list *1835 Heliconia leprieuri ''Annales de la Société Entomologique de France'' 4:631–632, plate 18 *1839. Supplement a la zoologie du voyage de la Favorite comprenant la description de lepidopteres nouveaux. ''Mag. Zool''. 9:17–26; 10 plates. eprinted in 1840: 13 pp., 10 pls. Paris: Bertrand(Supplement to Laplace, Cyrille Pierre Theodore ''Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de Chine : execute sur la corvette de l'etat La Favorite pendant les annees 1830, 1831 et 1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace capitaine de fregate Paris'' Imprimerie Royale, 1833–1839) *1850. Description de quelques Lépidoptères Rhopalocéres nouveaux ou peu connus, provenant de la Cazamance (Afrique) '' Annales de la Société Entomologique de France'' (2) 8 : 247–262 *several papers on Coleoptera in '' Magasin de Zoologie'' and ''Annales de la Société Entomologique de France'' The butterfly ''

Iphiclides feisthamelii ''Iphiclides feisthamelii'', the southern scarce swallowtail, southern swallowtail or Iberian scarce swallowtail, is a butterfly found in Italy, Slovenia, southern France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. It is sometimes considered ...

was named in his honour.

References

*Jean Lhoste (1987). ''Les Entomologistes français. 1750–1950''. INRA Éditions . {{DEFAULTSORT:Feisthamel, Joachim Francois Philiberto de Knights of the Legion of Honour French lepidopterists 1791 births 1851 deaths 19th-century French zoologists French colonels People from Dieuze