Pierre Réal (1922 – 13 December 2009) 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 ...

. He specialised in Lepidoptera. He was a professor at the Faculty of Besançon.

Works

His best known work is the book he wrote with Le Moult on the genus ''Morpho'', published as a supplement to the journal '' Novitates Entomologicae''. A list of 29 of his works is given by J. C. Robert.

Genera and species he described

1953 * ''Anoplocnephasia'' * ''Brachycnephasia'' * ''Cnephasia alternella interjunctana'' * ''Cnephasia alternella parvana'' * ''Cnephasia alternella peyerimhoffi'' * ''Cnephasia alternella pseudochrysantheana'' * ''Cnephasia alternella rectilinea'' * ''Cnephasia alternella siennicolor'' * ''Cnephasia alternella vulgaris'' * ''Cnephasia alticola decaryi'' * ''Cnephasia alticola juncta'' * ''Cnephasia bizensis'' * ''Cnephasia canescana griseana'' * ''Cnephasia canescana grisescana'' * ''Cnephasia canescana montserrati'' * ''Cnephasia canescana venansoni'' * ''Cnephasia communana caprionica'' * ''Cnephasia communana lucia'' * ''Cnephasia communana pseudorthoxyana'' * ''Cnephasia communana seminigra'' * ''Cnephasia conspersana albicans'' * ''Cnephasia conspersana gallicana'' * ''Cnephasia conspersana pseudoalternella'' * ''Cnephasia cottiana buvati'' * ''Cnephasia cottiana pyrenaea'' * ''Cnephasia incanana infuscata'' * ''Cnephasia interjecta mediocris'' * ''Cnephasia joannisis dumonti'' * ''Cnephasia legrandi'' * ''Cnephasia longana minor'' * ''Cnephasia obsoletana algerana'' * ''Cnephasia osseana alpicola'' * ''Cnephasia osseana alpicolana'' * ''Cnephasia osseana borreoni'' * ''Cnephasia osseana pratana'' * ''Cnephasia osseana pseudolongana'' * ''Cnephasia osseana solfatarana'' * ''Cnephasia pascuana pseudocommuana'' * ''Cnephasia penziana alpestris'' * ''Cnephasia penziana clarana'' * ''Cnephasia penziana livonica'' * ''Cnephasia sedana mediterranea'' * ''Cnephasia wilkinsoni directana'' * ''Eana cyanescana'' * ''Eana filipjevi'' * ''Eana viardi'' 1951 * ''Cnephasia ecullyana'' * ''Cnephasia orthoxyana'' * ''Cnephasia orthoxyana confluentana'' * ''Cnephasia orthoxyana reducta'' * ''Cnephasia orthoxyana styx'' * ''Cnephasia rielana'' * ''Hypostephanuncia'' 1952 * ''Cnephasia interjecta confluens'' * ''Cnephasia obsoletana cleuana'' * ''Cnephasia obsoletana pseudotypica'' * ''Cnephasia sedana meridionalis'' * ''Cnephasia wilkinsoni'' 1988 * ''Coccidiphila charlierella'' * ''Leptidea lorkovicci'', becoming '' Leptidea reali'' Reissinger, 1989 * ''Micopterix liogierella'' * ''Micopterix vallebonella''

Species named after him

* '' Leptidea reali'' Reissinger, 1989Mazel (R.), 2000-2001. Le polymorphisme de deux espèces jumelles '' Leptidea sinapis'' L. et '' L. reali'' Reissinger en France, Linneana Belgica, XVII (7), pp. 277-288; XVIII (1), pp. 37-43

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Real, Pierre 1922 births 2009 deaths French lepidopterists 20th-century French zoologists