Émile Louis Ragonot

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Emile Louis Ragonot
Born	(1843-10-12)October 12, 1843 Paris, France
Died	October 13, 1895(1895-10-13) (aged 52) Paris, France
Occupation	Entomologist

Emile Louis Ragonot (12 October 1843, Paris - 13 October 1895, Paris) was a French entomologist. In 1885 he became president of the Société entomologique de France.

He named 301 new genera of butterflies and moths, mostly pyralid moths.^[1]

He is also the author of several books:

Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae (1887) published in Paris
(French) Nouveaux genres et espèces de Phycitidae & Galleriidae (1888)
(French) Essai sur une classification des Pyralites (1891-1892)
(French) Monographie des Phycitinae et des Galleriinae. pp. 1–602 In N.M. Romanoff. Mémoires sur les Lepidoptéres. Tome VIII. N.M. Romanoff, Saint-Petersbourg. xli + 602 pp. (1901)

Ragonot's collection can be found in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France.

Notes

↑ Natural History Museum, London

References

Luquet, G. C. 2001: [Ragonot, E. L.] - Alexanor 21 1999(4) Portrait

External links

(French) Ragonot , 1890. Essai sur la classification des Pyralites. - Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 10: 435-546

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Persondata
Name	Ragonot, Emile Louis
Alternative names
Short description	French lepidopterist
Date of birth	12 October 1843
Place of birth	Paris, France
Date of death	13 October 1895
Place of death	Paris, France

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