Paul Dognin (10 May 1847 – 10 August 1931) 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 the

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 ...

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. Dognin named 101 new

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of moths."Genera authored by Dognin"
''Butterflies and Moths of the World''. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved December 10, 2017. He was a member of the

Royal Belgian Entomological Society The Royal Belgian Entomological Society (french: Société royale belge d'Entomologie; nl, Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Entomologie) is a learned society based in Brussels. It is devoted to entomology, the study of insects. It was founde ...

and life 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 ...

. Part of his collection was purchased by

James John Joicey James John Joicey FES (28 December 1870 – 10 March 1932) was an English amateur entomologist, who assembled an extensive collection of Lepidoptera in his private research museum, called the Hill Museum, in Witley, Surrey. Hi ...

in 1921. The 82,000 other specimens (including 3,000 Dognin

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and over 300 Thierry-Mieg types) were sold in 1926 to

William Schaus William Schaus (January 11, 1858 in New York City – June 20, 1942) was an American Entomology, entomologist who became known for his major contribution to the knowledge and description of new species of the Neotropical realm, Neotropical Lepidop ...

, who then donated it to

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in Washington, DC.

Publications

Printed by Charles Oberthür * ''Catalogue des Geometridae de l'Amerique Centrale et du Sud''. * ''Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud''. Fascicule 1. (1910) * ''Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud''. Fascicule 3. (1911) * ''Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud''. Fascicule 5. (1912) * ''Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud''. Fascicule 6. (1912) * ''Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud''. Fascicule 7. (1914) * ''Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud''. Fascicule 8. (1914) * ''Hétérocères nouveaux de l'Amérique du Sud''. Fascicule 9. (1916) * ''Note sur la faune des Lépidoptères de Loja et environs (Équateur). Description d'espèces nouvelles''. (1887–1894). 3 parts 10 plates.

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External links

"William Schaus Papers" containing material "relating to acquisition of the Paul Dognin Collection of Lepidoptera"
''Smithsonian Institution Archives''. Retrieved December 11, 2017. Dognin, Paul 1856 births 1931 deaths 19th-century French zoologists 20th-century French zoologists Scientists from Paris {{entomologist-stub