Nicolas Josef Eugene Holl (10 December 1855 in

Provins Provins () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Known for its well-preserved medieval architecture and importance throughout the Middle Ages as an economic center and a host of annu ...

– c. 1919) 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 ...

who specialised in

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 ...

. Nicolas Holl was a military engineer. Holl collected extensively in

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

and

Blida Blida ( ar, البليدة; Berber languages, Tamazight: Leblida) is a city in Algeria. It is the capital of Blida Province, and it is located about 45 km south-west of Algiers, the national capital. The name ''Blida'', i.e. ''bulaydah'' ...

. His collections were sold to

Walter Rothschild Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, (8 February 1868 – 27 August 1937) was a British banker, politician, zoologist and soldier, who was a member of the Rothschild family. As a Zionist leader, he was present ...

. 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 ...

Works

partial list *Holl, 1909 Sur deux variétés de coloration du Thestor Ballus F. ep. Lycaenidae''Bull. Soc. ent. Fr.'' 1909 : 228-229 *Holl, 1910 Description d'une variété nouvelle de Thais rumina L. ep. Papilionidae''Bull. Soc. ent. Fr''. 1910 : 164

References

*Oberthür, C. 1916 Lepidopterists ''Études de lépidoptérologie comparée'', impr. Oberthür 11 *Rothschild, W. 1925 Critical List of the collection of Algerian Lepidoptera of the late Captain N. J. E. Holl. ''

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