Achille Guénée

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Achille Guénée (1 January 1809 - December 30, 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist.

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Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun.

He was educated in Chartres where he showed a very early interest in butterflies encouraged and taught by François de Villiers (1790-1847). He went to study “Le Droit” in Paris then entered the “Bareau”. After the death of his only son, he lived at Châteaudun in Chatelliers. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Châteaudun was burned by the Prussians but Guénée’s collections remained intact.

He was the author of 63 publications, some with Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel (1774-1846). He, notably wrote Species des nocturnes , or, in English Night species (six volumes, 1852-1857) forming parts of the Suites à Buffon. This work of almost 1,300 pages treats Noctuidae of the world. Also co-author, with Jean Baptiste Boisduval, of Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères (vols 5-10, 1836-57).

He was a founding member 1832 of the Société Entomologique de France, (1832) and was president in 1848 then honorary member in 1874.

Boisd. is the official botanical abbreviation of Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Dechauffour de Boisduval.

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Sources Edward Oliver Essig (1931). In History of Entomology. Mac Millan (New York): vii + 1029 p. Jean Gouillard (2004). History of the French entomologists, 1750-1950. Entirely re-examined and increased edition. Boubée (Paris): 287 p. Jean Lhoste (1987). French Entomologists. 1750-1950. INRA Editions: 351 p. Translated from French Wikipedia