The New York Entomological Society was founded in 1892. The Brooklyn Entomological Society merged with the Society in 1968. The Society publishes '' Entomologica Americana'' which is the successor to the ''

Journal of the New York Entomological Society The New York Entomological Society and other entomological societies in New York have produced a number of scientific journals since the mid-19th century, some of which have moved between a set of similar societies. ''Bulletin of the Brooklyn En ...

''. A related society, the New York Entomological Club, briefly existed between 1880 and 1882. It published the first two volumes of ''

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''), ...

'', a journal entirely devoted to

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

, during the years 1881 and 1882. After the society's activities ceased, two more volumes of ''Papilio'' were published between 1883 and 1884, after which the journal ceased publication.

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Entomological societies Scientific organizations based in the United States Organizations based in New York (state) Scientific organizations established in 1892 1892 establishments in New York (state) Societies in New York (state) {{zoo-org-stub

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