Henri Stempffer

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Henri Stempffer was a French entomologist . He was born January 23, 1894 in Paris, 19 rue de Charonne and died the November 1, 1978 in Paris, 4 rue Saint-Antoine.[1]

His life

In 1922, he became a member of the French Entomological Society (which he will be elected president in 1943) and subscribes to the entomological publication of Léon Lhomme, L'Amateur de papillons.

He then was working at the Banque de France and living 32, rue Théodore-Honoré at Nogent-sur-Marne (Seine).[2]

In 1954 he is a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.[3]

He specializes in the study of Lycaenidae and he became a world-renowned specialist publishing his work in both French and English. In 1967 he wrote a major review of the African species.[4] In 1973 he receives in the United States the Karl Jordan Medal of the Lepidopterists' Society.[5]

In 1977 he donated his collection to the entomology laboratory of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle of Paris.[6]

Although a specialist of the African fauna he has never been in Africa, but he visited many countries as Italy, Greece, Yougoslavia.[7] In 1972, in the inviation of Torben B. Larsen, he visited Lebanon.[8]

During the second world war he was part of a the Resistance movement and received the medal of the Libération in 1944.[9]

Works

He wrotes about 90 publications.[10] The complete list has never been published. Apart his huge monograph already cited, he published many works in many different journals such as:

  • Contribution à l'étude des Lycaenidae de l'Afrique équatoriale, 1953-1961.
  • Contribution à l'étude des Lycaenidae de la faune éthiopienne, 1942-1969.
  • Les Lépidoptères de l'Afrique Noire Française. 3. Lycaenidae, 1957.

See also list of publications on WikiSpecies.

List of taxa described

He named about 200 new taxa, the complete list has never been published.

Species named after Henti Stempffer

  • Agrilus stempfferi Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963
  • Anthene stempfferi Storace 1954
  • Calophasia stempfferi Boursin 1929
  • Castalius stempfferi Kielland 1976
  • Cerautola stempfferi Jackson 1962
  • Epitola stempfferi Jackson 1962
  • Epitoxis stempfferi Kiriakoff 1954
  • Liptena stempfferi Berger, 1954
  • Lycaena stempfferi Brandt 1958
  • Ornipholidotos stempfferi Collins & Larsen 2000
  • Oxylides faunus stempfferi Berger 1981
  • Polyommatus stempfferi Brandt 1938
  • Spalgis jacksoni stempfferi Kielland 1985
  • Tetrarhanis stempfferi Berger 1954
  • Tuxentius stempfferi Kielland 1976

References

  1. ↑ Luquet (G. Chr.), 2004. Notes bibliographiques sur la vie et la collection de Lépidoptères de… et de quelques autres lèpidoptéristes. Alexanor 23 (8): 482-483
  2. ↑ Admissions, 1922. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 32 (4): 46
  3. ↑ List of the Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 1970: 38
  4. ↑ Stempffer (H.), 1967. Genera of the African Lycaenidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, Supplement 10: 1-322
  5. ↑ Miller (D. Lee), 1973. First Karl Jordan Medal awarded to Henri Stempffer. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 27 (4): 311-312
  6. ↑ Viette (P.), 1977. Les collections H. Stempffer et R. Homberg données au Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Alexanor 10 (3): 143-144): 482-483
  7. ↑ Bernardi (G.), 1978. Nécrologie. Henri Stempffer (1894-1978). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 83 (9-10): 238-239
  8. ↑ Larsen (T.), 1992. Hazards of butterfly collecting — the Cedars, Lebanon, 1972. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 104: 171-172
  9. ↑ Bernardi (G.), 1978. Nécrologie. Henri Stempffer(1894-1978). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 83 (9-10): 238-239
  10. ↑ Bernardi (G.), 1978. Nécrologie. Henri Stempffer(1894-1978). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 83 (9-10): 238-239
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