Pierre Millière was a French
entomologist
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chiefly interested in
Lepidoptera
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.
Born 1 December 1811 in
Saint-Jean-de-Losne
Saint-Jean-de-Losne (, literally ''Saint John of Losne'') is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. It is about southeast of Dijon.
History
Despite its size, the town's position on the Saône River meant it featured in a num ...
on the
Côte d'Or and died 29 May 1887 in
Cannes Millière was a pharmacist and dealer who studied Lepidoptera as a hobby, though in a very professional manner.
He was the author of ''Iconographie et description de Chenilles et Lépidoptères inédits''. Paris, F. Savy, 1859-1874. 35 parts (bound in 3 volumes).
His collections of
macrolepidoptera and
Pyralidae are in
Palais Coburg
Palais Coburg, also known as Palais Saxe-Coburg, is a palace in Vienna, Austria. It was owned by the Kohary branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Palais Coburg was designed in 1839 by architect Karl Schleps in Neoclassical style, and ...
in
Vienna, there are some of his microlepidoptera in the
Natural History Museum, Leiden but the bulk of his microlepidoptera collection is in the
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris.
References
*Anonym 1887:
illiere, P.''The
Entomologist's Monthly Magazine
''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine'' is a British entomological journal, founded by a staff of five editors – T. Blackburn, H. G. Knaggs, M.D., R. McLachlan, F.L.S., E. C. Rye and H. T. Stainton – and first published in 1864.Wale, Matthew ...
'', Third Series, London 24
*Nissen, C., 1969-1978 ''Die Zoologische Buchillustration: Ihre Bibliographie und Geschichte''
ach diesem Titel suchenAnton Hiersemann Stuttgart
French lepidopterists
1811 births
1887 deaths
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