Paul Mabille (1835 – 6 April 1923) was a French naturalist mainly interested 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 ...

and

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. Mabille was born in 1835 in

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. He was a member and President (1876–1877) 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 member of the Société entomologique de Belgique. His

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collections, once in the

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collection, are now in the

Natural History Museum, London The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum an ...

. He wrote many papers on

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Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...

with

Eugène Boullet Eugène Anatole Auguste Victor Boullet (1 July 1847, in Acheux – 1923) was a French naturalist, entomologist and collector. With Jules Paul Mabille he described many new species of Neotropical Hesperiidae. He also wrote ''Catalogue de la ...

. Mabille died in April 1923 in

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Works

partial list Wikispecies (see below) provides another list and links to digitised papers by Mabille *1876 Diagnoses d’Hesperiens ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France'' (5)213–215. *1876 Sur la classification des Hesperiens avec la description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles. ''Annales de la Société Entomologique de France'' (5)251–274. *1876 Catalogue des Lepidopteres de la cote occidental d’Afrique. ''Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France'' 1:194–203; 274–281. *1877 La description de trois espèces nouvelles de lepidopteres de Madagascar ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France'' (5)37–39. *1877 Diagnoses de nouvelles espèces d’Hesperides ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France'' (5)39–40. *1877 Diagnoses de quelques espece nouvelles de Lepidopteres provenent de Madagascar. ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France'' (5)71–73. *1877 Diagnose d’Hesperides. ''Petites Nouvelles Entomoloqiques'' 2:114. *1877 Diagnoses de Lepidopteres de Madagascar. ''Petites Nouvelles Entomoloqiques'' 2:157–158. *1883 Description d'hespéries. ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Belgique'' 27:LI–LXXVIII. *1884 Descriptions de Lépidoptéres exotiques ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de Belgique'' 28 : clxxxiv–cxci, 84–191ref>http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Borbo_impar *1908 Essai de révision de la famille des hespérides. ''Annales des Sciences naturelles'' (Zoologie) (9)7(4/6): 167 207, pls. 13 14 *1912 Essai de révision de la famille des hespérides. ''Annales des Sciences naturelles (Zoologie)'' (9)16(1/4): 1 159, 2 pls. *1916 Description d'hespérides nouveaux (Lep. Hesperiinae, Sect. B). ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'' 1916(15): 243 247 *1917 Description d'hespérides nouveaux (Lep. Hesperiinae, Sect. B). ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'' 1916(20): 320 325 *1917 Description d'hespérides nouveaux (Lep.). ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'' 1917(1): 54 60 *1917 Description d'hespérides nouveaux (Lep. Hesperiinae, Sect. B). ''Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France'' 1917(4): 97 101 *1919 Essai de révision de la famille des hespérides. ''Annales des Sciences naturelles'' (Zoologie) (10)2(4/6): 199 258 *with

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*1890–1895. Novitates lepidopterologicae. Paris, Paul Vuillot.Various parts, text and plates Se
African Butterfly database
for Mabille publications on butterflies of Africa

References

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(1987). ''Les Entomologistes français. 1750–1950. ''INRA Éditions : 351 p. * Groll, E. K. (Hrsg.): Biografien der Entomologen der Welt : Datenbank. Version 4.15 : Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, 201

*Anonym 1923: abille, P.Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 34 (8) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mabille, Paul 1835 births 1923 deaths 20th-century French botanists French lepidopterists Presidents of the Société entomologique de France 19th-century French botanists