Émile Louis Ragonot (12 October 1843 – 13 October 1895)[1] was a French entomologist. In 1885, he became president of the Société entomologique de France.
Émile Louis Ragonot | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 October 1843 |
| Died | 13 October 1895 (aged 52) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Entomologist |
He named 301 new genera of butterflies and moths, mostly pyralid moths.[2]
He is also the author of several books:
- Diagnoses of North American Phycitidae and Galleriidae (1887) published in Paris
- (in French) Nouveaux genres et espèces de Phycitidae & Galleriidae (1888)
- (in French) Essai sur une classification des Pyralites (1891-1892)
- (in French) Monographie des Phycitinae et des Galleriinae. pp. 1–602 In N.M. Romanoff. Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. Tome VIII. N.M. Romanoff, Saint-Petersbourg. xli + 602 pp. (1901)
Ragonot's collection can be found in the National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France.
Notes
edit- ^ "Émile-Louis Ragonot (1843-1895)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
- ^ "Butterflies and Moths of the World". February 17, 2023. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved October 15, 2023 – via data.nhm.ac.uk.
References
edit- Luquet, G. C. 2001: [Ragonot, E. L.] - Alexanor 21 1999(4) Portrait
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